Guillaume Canet Quotes

I'm an absolute fan of 1970s New York in films like 'Mean Streets' and 'Dog Day Afternoon.'

Guillaume Canet

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: April 10, 1973

Topics

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As an artist, I try and be controversial, and I have been a bit offensive at times. I have a view on the burka, and I'm sure a few of the Muslim girls and their families would have a view of me on stage in next to nothing!

Jessie J

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My life and career is defined by the constant pursuit of new forms of culture and self-expression.

Melvin Van Peebles

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A lot of characters I've played have a certain amount of strength, pride, and leadership.

Mekhi Phifer

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I've never been a very flashy person.

Ana Ivanovic

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When you confront a problem you begin to solve it.

Rudy Giuliani

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Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production.

Joseph Brodsky

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When the very people that you been taught to believe in - the police, the D.A., these are the people that are supposed to stand for justice - and when you know that they lied to you, it's hard for you to have trust in anybody.

Anthony Ray Hinton

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Drawing attention to myself has never been a goal.

Alison Elliott

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I cannot belong to a nation which permits such barbarities as stoning to death and amputation - I don't care what religion it is.

Wole Soyinka

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The first time I got pregnant, I was a young girl - I was 17 years old. Although I knew right away that I wanted to keep my child, being a pregnant teen was an extremely scary experience for me. Luckily, my family and friends were very supportive and were there for me every step of the way.

Paula Garces

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I wouldn't believe him if he said the sun came up in the east.

Thomas Griffith

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Bill Phillips was this nervous, chain-smoking student. He had signed up to be an engineer, he had gone away to fight in the Second World War, he had come back. He had switched to sociology because he wanted to understand how people could do these terrible things to each other. And he did a little bit of economics on the side.

Tim Harford

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