Mathieu Amalric

Birthday: 25 October 1965, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Height: 168 cm

Mathieu Amalric was born on October 25, 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is an actor and director, known for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) a ...Show More

Sometimes with anger you can be much more dangerous than with skill. Sometimes with anger you can be much more dangerous than with skill.

If you love movies, then you love America. If you love movies, then you love America.

Cannes is a circus, so you have to have fun with it. Everything suddenly becomes funny. And the prom Show more Cannes is a circus, so you have to have fun with it. Everything suddenly becomes funny. And the promotion of a movie - that's where you really need to be a good actor. You need to make journalists believe that what you're saying is just for them and you've never said it before, even when you're talking about the same film over and over again. Hide

I keep meeting directors that are so irresistible. I only do irresistible films, because I don't nee Show more I keep meeting directors that are so irresistible. I only do irresistible films, because I don't need to act to feel myself alive. Hide

Acting is about animality. It's great to be allowed to be animal. But I feel more alive as a directo Show more Acting is about animality. It's great to be allowed to be animal. But I feel more alive as a director. Every morning, I have to write. Hide

Spending two days in a hotel doing interviews is not my goal. No, I could be with my kids. I could b Show more Spending two days in a hotel doing interviews is not my goal. No, I could be with my kids. I could be making love. That's real life. Surprising my girlfriend, going to Lisbon for two days, you know, that's life. But I couldn't resist it. My two boys, who are 8 and 10 - I can't tell them one day that I refused to be the villain in a Bond movie. Hide

Arnaud Desplechin invented me as an actor. I never imagined I'd be acting in movies. Arnaud Desplechin invented me as an actor. I never imagined I'd be acting in movies.

Being an actor only came about because Arnaud Desplechin, the guy who did 'Kings and Queen', had thi Show more Being an actor only came about because Arnaud Desplechin, the guy who did 'Kings and Queen', had this curious idea to think that I could be an actor, but I had never acted before, and I was supposed to direct my own film! Hide

There is the melancholy of Europe. There is the romantic malaise. Feeling sad is almost a form of de Show more There is the melancholy of Europe. There is the romantic malaise. Feeling sad is almost a form of deepness. Hide

I first started working in film when I was 17. I was a director's assistant, an editor. I first started working in film when I was 17. I was a director's assistant, an editor.

If you approach Cannes with a sense of humor, nothing is that bad. You have to take it for what it i Show more If you approach Cannes with a sense of humor, nothing is that bad. You have to take it for what it is; otherwise, it's silly. Hide

The body is something absolutely miraculous. It's amazing, the five senses. The body is something absolutely miraculous. It's amazing, the five senses.

I don't want to be a star! I don't want to be a star!

I'm always intrigued when you are travelling through a place and there is somebody who has lived the Show more I'm always intrigued when you are travelling through a place and there is somebody who has lived there and done the same job for years. Hide

My life as an actor has submerged me completely because I don't know why. My life as an actor has submerged me completely because I don't know why.

Mathieu Amalric's FILMOGRAPHY - Page 2

as Actor (37)

Bird People

Chicken with Plums [Sub: Eng]

John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection

The Diving Bell and Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) [Sub: Eng]

Cosmopolis

Hitchcock/Truffaut

La chasse aux papillons

An Officer and a Spy [Sub: Eng]

Camille redouble