40 Quotes by 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.

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

I wanted to be a lawyer. I love that job; I dont know why.

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

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.

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.

I'm interested in existential films: I love movies that console you in the same way that a person consoles a weeping child.

I hope each day to have done 10 seconds of good work that they can use in the film. And Im always afraid I didnt get those 10 seconds.

I like being surrounded by students and intellectuals.