Jean Dujardin Quotes

• What matters to me is my own estimation, and I’m very tough on myself. I need to be proud of what I’ve done and I work hard for it. I had a very Christian upbringing… lots of guilt. A good thing, It keeps you sane.

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• This is a universal, unique movie, it has potential to cross barriers. But we never thought about that on set, when we were doing the film. We knew that in making a silent movie, we were doing something a little bit under the wire, a bit interdit. It’s a pastiche, but for the French taste, you would have thought.

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• Just telling a story. That’s cinema. It’s not silent, black and white. It’s a simple story that’s well made.

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• It’s quite pretentious, really, isn’t it? The notion the audience is going to be interested in you for an hour and a half. Think too much about that and anxiety takes over.

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• It was always about the story rather than the character.

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• It was actually quite easy to work with Uggie, because he’s a really well trained dog. Very talented. I just had to follow him a little bit, improvise a little bit. Sometimes he’d follow me. Especially because of the sausages I had in my pocket.

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• 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.

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• I’ve never concerned myself with the labels people want to put on you. What matters to me is my own estimation.

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• I’m happiest on set because I’m not myself. I’m someone else. The moustache, the dinner jacket. It’s not me. You’re always this sort of double, and it’s liberating. Imagine being stuck with yourself… all those doubts.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• I want to work with a director who becomes my brother, my father, for two months. You give yourself over to that person.

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• I think I’m more demanding than any wife.

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• 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.

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• I guess we’re all lucky to be in this profession where you can be someone else for two or three months on a film shoot. I find it restful. Vachement agreable.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• I can’t speak American dog very well. There was a lot of improvisation with Uggie – like when I put the dog on the table or sometimes I follow him, sometimes he follows me. I had a lot of treats in my pocket. We worked with Omar Von Muller, the dog trainer. It was very easy because it was a big movie.

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• For you, it’s a silent movie. For us, it’s a talking movie because we had lines on set. There’s a lot of noise on set and music. We spoke in English, in French, in gibberish, but it was very alive. The challenge was tap dancing.

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• For me, I loved it. I only want to make silent movies now.

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Jean Dujardin (20)

Birth:	19th June, 1972
Nationality:	French
Profession:	Actor, Comedian, Director, Producer, Screenwriter

About

Jean Dujardin was born in Rueil-Malmaison, France. He is a French actor, comedian, director, producer and screenwriter. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in Paris before starting his acting career guest-starring in comedic television programs and films. His role in several films include: Cash Truck, Brice de Nice (also co-writer), OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, 99 Francs, OSS 117: Lost in Rio, Lucky Luke (also co-writer), The Clink of Ice, The Artist (Won- Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor- Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role), The Players (also co-director, co-producer, and co-writer), The Wolf of Wall Street, 9 Month Stretch, The Connection, Up for Love, and Brice 3 (also co-writer). His role in television include: Farce Attaque (TV series), Un gars, une fille (TV series), and Palizzi (TV series, also director).

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