Mathieu Amalric
Mathieu Amalric
Mathieu Amalric; born 25 October 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker. Amalric is perhaps best known internationally for his performance as the lead villain in Bond film Quantum of Solace, his performance in Steven Spielberg's Munich, and for his role in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, for which he drew critical acclaim. He has also won the César Award and the Lumières Award...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth25 October 1965
CityNanterre, France
CountryFrance
Cannes is a circus, so you have to have fun with it. Everything suddenly becomes funny. And the promotion of a movie - that's where you really need to be a good actor. You need to make journalists believe that what you're saying is just for them and you've never said it before, even when you're talking about the same film over and over again.
Arnaud Desplechin invented me as an actor. I never imagined I'd be acting in movies.
I keep meeting directors that are so irresistible. I only do irresistible films, because I don't need to act to feel myself alive.
Acting is about animality. It's great to be allowed to be animal. But I feel more alive as a director. Every morning, I have to write.
Sometimes with anger you can be much more dangerous than with skill.
Being an actor only came about because Arnaud Desplechin, the guy who did 'Kings and Queen', had this curious idea to think that I could be an actor, but I had never acted before, and I was supposed to direct my own film!
I directed three films and each time [I act] I hope it's the last time so I have time to do my film [directing].
There is the melancholy of Europe. There is the romantic malaise. Feeling sad is almost a form of deepness.
Arnaud Desplechin invented me as an actor. I never imagined Id be acting in movies.
My life as an actor has submerged me completely because I dont know why.
If you approach Cannes with a sense of humor, nothing is that bad. You have to take it for what it is; otherwise, its silly.