Louis Garrel Quotes

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Louis Garrel

Profession : Actor

Birth : June 14, 1983

To make a movie is very stressful, especially when you work with your father. You want to think the movie is good. Even when I don't work with my father, I want it to be good.

Louis Garrel

Every actor has an obsession with their hair. You can see it on set, and you start to realize it's completely silly. I can be very obsessed by my hair, but all these hours spent trying to style it are useless, because ultimately, you can't change your haircut. It's all the same.

Louis Garrel

When I was 13 years old, I was dressing in a rap style. And then I changed schools, and the rap style became old-fashioned, so I changed it completely.

Louis Garrel

The separation of a childless couple is dramatic, but the separation of a couple with children is always tragic.

Louis Garrel

I'm not a singer, so I reproduce a little bit what I see on television and what I listen to on the radio. I don't have self-control, really, so I didn't want to sing like Mariah Carey.

Louis Garrel

It's true I have a hard time with the notion of creating a character. And I feel it's a limit. I'm always really impressed by actors who are able to construct a character, like Johnny Depp.

Louis Garrel

Some people choose their style at the age of 14, but I changed mine all the time.

Louis Garrel

I think the moment I discovered I definitely wanted to act was when I saw a play alone by myself when I was fourteen. Maybe it was a Moliere play? I discovered the atmosphere of the theater, and I knew I wanted to be an actor.

Louis Garrel

I'm not usually comfortable to talk about things I haven't done yet.

Louis Garrel

I hope each day to have done 10 seconds of good work that they can use in the film. And I'm always afraid I didn't get those 10 seconds.

Louis Garrel

I like to be able to understand the feeling of the director, that a film corresponds to something in his life. Otherwise, it doesn't interest me much.

Louis Garrel

I wanted to be a lawyer. I love that job; I don't know why.

Louis Garrel

In France, I would like to worth with Patrice Chereau, who made 'Queen Margot.'

Louis Garrel

My grandfather criticized me thousands of times, and he gave me a compliment once.

Louis Garrel

I like being surrounded by students and intellectuals.

Louis Garrel