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Gaspard Ulliel

(1984–2022) Model France

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Gaspard Ulliel was a model from France.

Quick Facts About Gaspard Ulliel

Born: November 25, 1984
Died: January 19, 2022
Nationality: France
Profession: Model

About Gaspard Ulliel

Gaspard Thomas Ulliel was a French actor and model. He was known for having portrayed the young Hannibal Lecter in Hannibal Rising (2007), fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in the biopic Saint Laurent (2014), and for being the face of Chanel men's fragrance Bleu de Chanel for twelve years. He also voiced Jack Frost in the French version of Rise of the Guardians (2012), and portrayed Anton Mogart in the Disney+ miniseries Moon Knight (2022).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

César Award for Best Male Revelation César Award for Best Actor Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

Quotes by Gaspard Ulliel

I'm not really a model.

Models

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I just choose the scripts I want to work on. I don't know why. It's not something conscious or that I'm doing…

Conscious

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I love good food. I’m an epicurean, that’s for sure. … But I am not really a good cook.

Cooks

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I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.

Acting

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I studied cinema at the university so I had a very classical approach to it. I studied all those silent films, and…

Actors

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Well, I think it can be quite helpful to be working on a character who actually existed, historically. Of course, you might…

Character

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Since first starting my career, I've grown accustomed to working with actors older than me. I'm always the youngest.

Accustomed

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If you decide to direct a film, it's because you have something to say, something to show to the audience.

Audience

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When I'm doing a photo shoot, I'm not playing a part. I'm just trying to be myself.

Photography

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I'm always very interested in going and discovering a young director's films.

Cinema

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When you're so passionate about cinema, the idea to direct your own film is really appealing.

Cinema

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The Chanel woman is slender, sophisticated and chic.

Chic

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I think an actor can actually gather moments, memories and emotions for his next character. So, it's a constant work.

Actors

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I love music. My secret dream has always been to be a jazz musician. I tried the saxophone for a year or…

Dream

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I've been an amateur photographer since my teens.

Photographer

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I think for every artist it's important to always keep this amount of doubt until the very last day of shooting.

Amount

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The most challenging thing is how to portray someone that is so well known that people still recall him in a very…

Challenges

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I think I would never be ready to do a regular job. I couldn’t go to the office every day at the…

Every day

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My secret dream has always been to be a jazz musician. I tried the saxophone for a year or two when I…

Always

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As for a fashion designer, you have those very precise deadlines to keep so you have to renew yourself constantly every three…

Deadline

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I don't think there is the same space for fashion designers to create like Yves was doing it. So, it's that he's…

Designer

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I had a really regular progression--and this is really pleasant, I think--because I had small parts in TV movies, then bigger parts…

Bigger

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For me, cinema becomes grandiose when it imposes its own mythology and its own reality.

Cinema

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When you see period films, it tends to often be with older actors.

Actors

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