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> [I think 'Scarface' is a great film, but if you have a character like Tony Montana, you don't identify with him at all. I think it's very interesting instead to identify yourself with a character you don't like all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-audiard/i-think-scarface-is-a-great-film-but-if-you-have-a-character-like/)

[Jacques Audiard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-audiard/)

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## More by Jacques Audiard

> [It's truly gratifying to see my films reach beyond a familiar public, to get a chance to move new audiences. It's nuts. It's extraordinary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-audiard/it-s-truly-gratifying-to-see-my-films-reach-beyond-a-familiar-public/)

[Jacques Audiard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-audiard/)

> [I think that cinema has always progressed through exchanges.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-audiard/i-think-that-cinema-has-always-progressed-through-exchanges/)

[Jacques Audiard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-audiard/)

> [Something that I tell myself every morning when I wake up is like: "Think it over, take the time to think it over." I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-audiard/something-that-i-tell-myself-every-morning-when-i-wake-up-is-like/)

[Jacques Audiard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-audiard/)

> [If you look at American studios, the big productions have nothing to do with reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-audiard/if-you-look-at-american-studios-the-big-productions-have-nothing-to/)

[Jacques Audiard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-audiard/)

> [An archetypal gangster is always at a remove. We can't get into his mindset.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-audiard/an-archetypal-gangster-is-always-at-a-remove-we-can-t-get-into-his/)

[Jacques Audiard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-audiard/)

> [I think 'Scarface' is a great film, but if you have a character like Tony Montana, you don't identify with him at all. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-audiard/i-think-scarface-is-a-great-film-but-if-you-have-a-character-like/)

[Jacques Audiard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-audiard/)

> [I don't like spontaneity; there you go. I'm wary of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-audiard/i-don-t-like-spontaneity-there-you-go-i-m-wary-of-it/)

[Jacques Audiard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-audiard/)

> [Cinema for me only has meaning when it has a relationship with what I see outside on the street.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-audiard/cinema-for-me-only-has-meaning-when-it-has-a-relationship-with-what-i/)

[Jacques Audiard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-audiard/)

> [Beauty is subjective: Bette Davis wasn't beautiful, but she was more than beautiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-audiard/beauty-is-subjective-bette-davis-wasn-t-beautiful-but-she-was-more/)

[Jacques Audiard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-audiard/)

> [When you're a kid and your father is an engineer, he goes to the office. I saw my father get up and go to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-audiard/when-you-re-a-kid-and-your-father-is-an-engineer-he-goes-to-the/)

[Jacques Audiard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-audiard/)

> [Cool? Am I cool? I don't know, but I hope my characters are cool, in the sense of iconic. That's my job, at its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-audiard/cool-am-i-cool-i-don-t-know-but-i-hope-my-characters-are-cool-in-the/)

[Jacques Audiard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-audiard/)

> [Used properly, cinema is the coolest thing in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-audiard/used-properly-cinema-is-the-coolest-thing-in-the-world/)

[Jacques Audiard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-audiard/)

> [I was the little French boy who grew up hearing people talk of De Gaulle and the Resistance. France against the Nazis! Then when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-audiard/i-was-the-little-french-boy-who-grew-up-hearing-people-talk-of-de/)

[Jacques Audiard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-audiard/)

> [When someone is punched in the face, you find out what they are made of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-audiard/when-someone-is-punched-in-the-face-you-find-out-what-they-are-made-of/)

[Jacques Audiard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-audiard/)

> [If I ask my actors to bare themselves, to reveal themselves as almost naked, I have to bare myself, expose myself as well. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-audiard/if-i-ask-my-actors-to-bare-themselves-to-reveal-themselves-as-almost/)

[Jacques Audiard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-audiard/)

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