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Jean Dujardin Biography

Jean Dujardin (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ dy.ʒaʁ.dɛ̃] ( listen); born 19 June 1972) is a French actor, television director and humorist. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in Paris before starting his acting career guest-starring in comedic television programs and films. He first came to prominence with the cult TV series Un gars, une fille, in which he starred alongside his lover Alexandra Lamy, before gaining success in film with movies such as Brice de Nice, Michel Hazanavicius's OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies and its sequel OSS 117: Lost in Rio, and 99 Francs.

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As an actor and director, you have to take risks, even though I don't like saying that word. You can make a mistake.

Director, Directors, Mistake, Risk, Risks, Word

I like the hot-cold, the sugar-salt, being able to play over-the-top and dramatic things - in the same film. Just as in my life, I can be very funny and at other times almost extinguished.

Extinguished, Hot, Life, Like, Play, Sugar

Donald Trump is a danger for the world, and I will do everything to oppose the fear and hate that has settled in.

Danger, Everything, Hate, Settled, World

Its quite pretentious, really, isnt it? The notion the audience is going to be interested in you for an hour and a half. Think too much about that and anxiety takes over.

Anxiety, Half, Takes, Thinking

I love dancing in general and making girls dance. My generation doesn't do it enough.

Dancing, Enough, Generations, Girl, Girls, Making

I'm happiest on set because I'm not myself. I'm someone else. The moustache, the dinner jacket. It's not me. You're always this sort of double, and it's liberating. Imagine being stuck with yourself. . . all those doubts.

Dinner, Doubt, Doubts, Jacket, Liberating, Mustache

OSS 117 and maybe Un Balcon Sur La Mer directed by Nicole Garcia. It's a typical French movie with typical French themes with French actors, a French director.

Actors, Director, Directors, Garcia, Nicole, Typical

I discovered that silent film is almost an advantage. You just have to think of the feeling for it to show. No lines pollute it. It doesn't take much - a gaze, an eyelash flutter - for the emotion to be vivid.

Discovered, Eyelashes, Gaze, Silent Films, Thinking, Vivid

In France, I have lots of opportunities. Maybe now I'll be offered films in America. It's the encounter, with the director and the story that counts.

America, Counts, Director, Directors, Opportunity, Story

I don't care about my image.

Care, Don'T Care, I Don'T Care, Image

I watched Gene Kelly for his smile, for his energy. Vittorio Gassman for his movement. Clark Gable for his mustache. And I watched Lassie who was happy as a dog.

Dog, Gable, Gene, Lassie, Mustache, Smile

I wasn't dyslexic, I was just very slow. I passed my time daydreaming.

Daydreaming, Dyslexic, My Time, Passed, Time

What matters to me is my own estimation, and Im very tough on myself. I need to be proud of what Ive done and I work hard for it. I had a very Christian upbringing. . . lots of guilt. A good thing, It keeps you sane.

Christian, Estimation, Hard Work, Keeps, Lots, What Matters

I don't like to shoot too many movies since I like to do them well.

Like, Movies, Shoot, Wells

In many cases for an actor it's a comfortable position to be in. But it's harder to fail as a director.

Actor, Actors, Comfortable, Directors, Failing, Position

The energy is important. It's the rebirth of the character. Even more than the sentence itself, it's the energy that has to come through. It's really 'Thank you!'

Character, Energy, Important, Rebirth, Thank

I recycle. I have a house in the south of France and I have a small garden. My name is Dujardin - 'from the garden. ' I grow carrots, peppers, strawberries, green beans, and things for salads, but there are lots of wild boars all around and they steal the food.

Garden, Grow, House, Names, Wild

I never think of the completed film, rather the adventure of what I'm about to live.

Adventure, Film, Live, Thinking

I think I'm more demanding than any wife.

Demanding, Think, Thinking, Wife

I feel very at home in an empty church. I feel the most protected. It's very mystical.

Church, Empty, Home, Protected

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