--- title: "4 Romain Gavras Quotes - Famous Actor" description: "French filmmaker (born 1981)... | Romain Gavras is a French film director. He is known for directing M.I.A.'s videos \"Bad Girls\" and \"Born Free\", Kanye ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c59/romain-gavras-73785_busy_while-the-tamils-were-inventing-cabs-and_894208.jpg" --- # Romain Gavras (1981) Actor **4** quotes in **25** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Romain Gavras is an actor. ## Quick Facts About Romain Gavras Born July 4, 1981 Profession Actor ## About Romain Gavras French filmmaker (born 1981)... \| Romain Gavras is a French film director. He is known for directing M.I.A.'s videos "Bad Girls" and "Born Free", Kanye West and Jay-Z's video "No Church in the Wild" and Jamie xx's video "Gosh". He also directed Justice's "Stress". ## Quotes by Romain Gavras > [While the Tamils were inventing cabs and leather jackets, we Greeks were busy inventing philosophy. But I guess everybody needs cabs and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romain-gavras/while-the-tamils-were-inventing-cabs-and-leather-jackets-we-greeks/) [Romain Gavras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romain-gavras/) [Busy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/busy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c59/romain-gavras-73785_busy_while-the-tamils-were-inventing-cabs-and_894208.jpg) > [It's hard for new directors to find good tracks because we don't usually get to choose good music by good artists. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romain-gavras/it-s-hard-for-new-directors-to-find-good-tracks-because-we-don-t/) [Romain Gavras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romain-gavras/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/246/romain-gavras-73785_art_it-s-hard-for-new-directors-to-find-good_1368065.jpg) > [When Gaddafi came to Paris in 2007, he was supposed to stay at the Hôtel de Marigny, which is the best hotel.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romain-gavras/when-gaddafi-came-to-paris-in-2007-he-was-supposed-to-stay-at-the-h/) [Romain Gavras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romain-gavras/) [Army](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/army/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b1/romain-gavras-73785_army_when-gaddafi-came-to-paris-in-2007-he-wa_1441899.jpg) > [Unfortunately, I think music videos are a dying breed because there is no money in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romain-gavras/unfortunately-i-think-music-videos-are-a-dying-breed-because-there-is/) [Romain Gavras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romain-gavras/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/899/romain-gavras-73785_death_unfortunately-i-think-music-videos-are-a_3144105.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romain-gavras/#itemlist", "name": "Romain Gavras Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "While the Tamils were inventing cabs and leather jackets, we Greeks were busy inventing philosophy. 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