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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mathieu-amalric/acting-is-about-animality-it-s-great-to-be-allowed-to-be-animal-but-i/)

[Mathieu Amalric](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mathieu-amalric/)

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## More by Mathieu Amalric

> [ I directed three films and each time \[I act\] I hope it's the last time so I have time to do my film \[directing\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mathieu-amalric/i-directed-three-films-and-each-time-i-act-i-hope-it-s-the-last-time/)

[Mathieu Amalric](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mathieu-amalric/)

> [Arnaud Desplechin invented me as an actor. I never imagined I'd be acting in movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mathieu-amalric/arnaud-desplechin-invented-me-as-an-actor-i-never-imagined-i-d-be/)

[Mathieu Amalric](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mathieu-amalric/)

> [I first started working in film when I was 17. I was a director's assistant, an editor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mathieu-amalric/i-first-started-working-in-film-when-i-was-17-i-was-a-director-s/)

[Mathieu Amalric](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mathieu-amalric/)

> [I keep meeting directors that are so irresistible. I only do irresistible films, because I don't need to act to feel myself alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mathieu-amalric/i-keep-meeting-directors-that-are-so-irresistible-i-only-do/)

[Mathieu Amalric](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mathieu-amalric/)

> [Being an actor only came about because Arnaud Desplechin, the guy who did 'Kings and Queen', had this curious idea to think that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mathieu-amalric/being-an-actor-only-came-about-because-arnaud-desplechin-the-guy-who/)

[Mathieu Amalric](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mathieu-amalric/)

> [I don't want to be a star!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mathieu-amalric/i-don-t-want-to-be-a-star/)

[Mathieu Amalric](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mathieu-amalric/)

> [I'm always intrigued when you are travelling through a place and there is somebody who has lived there and done the same job for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mathieu-amalric/i-m-always-intrigued-when-you-are-travelling-through-a-place-and/)

[Mathieu Amalric](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mathieu-amalric/)

> [Cannes is a circus, so you have to have fun with it. Everything suddenly becomes funny. And the promotion of a movie - that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mathieu-amalric/cannes-is-a-circus-so-you-have-to-have-fun-with-it-everything/)

[Mathieu Amalric](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mathieu-amalric/)

> [If you approach Cannes with a sense of humor, nothing is that bad. You have to take it for what it is; otherwise, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mathieu-amalric/if-you-approach-cannes-with-a-sense-of-humor-nothing-is-that-bad-you/)

[Mathieu Amalric](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mathieu-amalric/)

> [Sometimes with anger you can be much more dangerous than with skill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mathieu-amalric/sometimes-with-anger-you-can-be-much-more-dangerous-than-with-skill/)

[Mathieu Amalric](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mathieu-amalric/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mathieu-amalric/acting-is-about-animality-it-s-great-to-be-allowed-to-be-animal-but-i/)

[Mathieu Amalric](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mathieu-amalric/)

> [Im always intrigued when you are travelling through a place and there is somebody who has lived there and done the same job for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mathieu-amalric/im-always-intrigued-when-you-are-travelling-through-a-place-and-there/)

[Mathieu Amalric](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mathieu-amalric/)

> [My life as an actor has submerged me completely because I dont know why.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mathieu-amalric/my-life-as-an-actor-has-submerged-me-completely-because-i-dont-know/)

[Mathieu Amalric](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mathieu-amalric/)

> [There is the melancholy of Europe. There is the romantic malaise. Feeling sad is almost a form of deepness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mathieu-amalric/there-is-the-melancholy-of-europe-there-is-the-romantic-malaise/)

[Mathieu Amalric](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mathieu-amalric/)

> [My life as an actor has submerged me completely because I don't know why.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mathieu-amalric/my-life-as-an-actor-has-submerged-me-completely-because-i-don-t-know/)

[Mathieu Amalric](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mathieu-amalric/)

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