I've never concerned myself with the labels people want to put on you. What matters to me is my own estimation.
I wasn't dyslexic, I was just very slow. I passed my time daydreaming.
I watched Gene Kelly for his smile, for his energy. Vittorio Gassman for his movement. Clark Gable for his mustache. And I watched Lassie who was happy as a dog.
I don't really know Hollywood, but living and shooting in L.A. was very motivating, inspiring. The lights, the extras, their American faces, the energy, the Orpheum Theatre. It was all very inspiring.
In many cases for an actor it's a comfortable position to be in. But it's harder to fail as a director.
I don't represent myself as a star, but an actor who wants to make movies.
I don't want everyone to like me, and I don't choose who likes me. You have to give them the choice, give them the option.
I discovered that silent film is almost an advantage. You just have to think of the feeling for it to show. No lines pollute it. It doesn't take much - a gaze, an eyelash flutter - for the emotion to be vivid.
Just telling a story. That's cinema. It's not silent, black and white. It's a simple story that's well made.
Donald Trump is a danger for the world, and I will do everything to oppose the fear and hate that has settled in.
I like the hot-cold, the sugar-salt, being able to play over-the-top and dramatic things - in the same film. Just as in my life, I can be very funny and at other times almost extinguished.
I like simple things. I like being in my family in the South and playing petanque.
I watched a lot of Douglas Fairbanks movies. He always played the same role with a mustache. Zorro had a mustache. The Musketeer had a mustache. Tarzan had a mustache.
I don't care about my image.
I want to work with a director who becomes my brother, my father, for two months. You give yourself over to that person.
I recycle. I have a house in the south of France and I have a small garden. My name is Dujardin - 'from the garden.' I grow carrots, peppers, strawberries, green beans, and things for salads, but there are lots of wild boars all around and they steal the food.
I'm not an American actor. I'm a French actor. I'll continue in France. If I could make another silent movie in America, I'd like to!
I don't want to become a superstar and not see my family anymore.
In France, I have lots of opportunities. Maybe now I'll be offered films in America. It's the encounter, with the director and the story that counts.
I don't like to shoot too many movies since I like to do them well.
I don't like having too many projects in the pipeline. I like to focus on what's at hand.
The energy is important. It's the rebirth of the character. Even more than the sentence itself, it's the energy that has to come through. It's really 'Thank you!'
I feel very at home in an empty church. I feel the most protected. It's very mystical.
OSS 117 and maybe Un Balcon Sur La Mer directed by Nicole Garcia. It's a typical French movie with typical French themes with French actors, a French director.
I love dancing in general and making girls dance. My generation doesn't do it enough.
