Vincent Cassel

When you see violence in movies in general, it's very quick and painless, which isn't what it's like.

— Vincent Cassel

I know that what I see in every religious person is not something I want to teach my kids.

— Vincent Cassel

If kids really made all the parents better, there wouldn't be crazy kids in the world.

— Vincent Cassel

My father is best known for his light comedies, and Im best known for crazy bad guys with short tempers.

— Vincent Cassel

If most women are looking for security, I think men look for adventure.

— Vincent Cassel

I was a dancer, and my father was a dancer, so I really grew up in that environment.

— Vincent Cassel

I always compare human beings to animals. It's a nice way to figure out who they are.

— Vincent Cassel

I think American audiences like gangster movies. It's part of the culture.

— Vincent Cassel

Cronenberg's a lot of fun, and that a lot of people don't know watching his movies. He doesn't take himself seriously. He's…

— Vincent Cassel

I really like romantic comedies and light movies and everything but I think - I don't know where it comes from -…

— Vincent Cassel

Hollywood, for me, is the studios. It's a way to produce. It's a different way to make movies, and I never took…

— Vincent Cassel

I work everywhere. If there is a nice adventure in South Korea, for example, why not? Russia, Brazil, whatever. I'm ready for…

— Vincent Cassel

French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy when they're complaining.

— Vincent Cassel

French men can be very tough too, you know... Real bad boys move in silence, as we know, so you don't have…

— Vincent Cassel

Neither of us are workaholics. I think the key thing is to accept that if you only exist through what you do,…

— Vincent Cassel

If I have to pretend to be anything else than French, then I know it's work for me. It's not that it…

— Vincent Cassel

La Haine - first of all, it was the story of friendship. I was very close with Mathieu Kassovitz; he was somebody…

— Vincent Cassel

Women? I'm still working on the subject. I haven't finished my studies. I would say I'm so happy that they're around. This…

— Vincent Cassel

I trained as a dancer when I was much younger, for a large amount of time, like 6 or 7 years. Not…

— Vincent Cassel

What I think I'm perceived as in France is, like, I'm this leading man always doing strange movies because most of the…

— Vincent Cassel

I feel to look for perfection is a very dangerous path. More than that, it's dangerous because it doesn't exist. You can…

— Vincent Cassel

I think it's much harder to have a long dialogue scene than an action scene. An action scene is long, but it's…

— Vincent Cassel

I liked the idea of working with Jean Reno and Mathieu Kassovitz; there was something logical for me. I thought it was…

— Vincent Cassel

I still wear my trousers baggy as I did in my teens. But in a different way. I've loved trainers since my…

— Vincent Cassel

They say the day you lose your parents, you start to look like them.

— Vincent Cassel

The day after I had my licence to drive, I made Paris/Nice at 230 km/hour.

— Vincent Cassel

I'm producing more, but I think to direct, one has to have a burning desire, and that's not me. I'd rather do…

— Vincent Cassel

I'm moving to Rio permanently with my family. It's one of the places left in the world where people still live with…

— Vincent Cassel

I wanted to be an actor to act, and now, being an actor, you have to dress up, you have to be…

— Vincent Cassel

Acting is such a feminine process: you have to become the desire of others. I'm OK with this, and so is Gerard…

— Vincent Cassel

Actually, I never work in movies for money. I'm glad when I get well-paid, but it's not always the case - trust…

— Vincent Cassel

If the guy behind the camera is not good, the pictures are bad. It's still you, and it's the same lines and…

— Vincent Cassel

My character in 'La Haine,' he's not bad; he's unhappy, and usually, people are like that. Most of us are angry.

— Vincent Cassel

Coming from Paris, I'd really like to live in Rio. I think it's gotten better. It's not as violent. The economy is…

— Vincent Cassel

People look up to Jacques Mesrine as if he were a Robin Hood, stealing from the rich, but he never gave anything…

— Vincent Cassel

I've always loved the idea of changing myself, wearing costumes and disguises. It takes you back to being a kid, to dressing…

— Vincent Cassel

I think life is short, and you can't spend time doing things just to be on set to reassure yourself that people…

— Vincent Cassel

I used to be more self-conscious about style because when you're younger, you want to exist, you want to show everything you…

— Vincent Cassel

When you have a bunch of scripts that you have to read, the less you have, the better it is, because otherwise,…

— Vincent Cassel

People ask me where I live most of the time, and it's kind of complicated for me to answer, because I'm not…

— Vincent Cassel