A biography for Gerard Depardieuhasn’t been written yet.
“I gain weight and lose it again in inevitable cycles.”
“Authenticity is the ability to listen to what nature tells us. Listening isn't the same thing as never making a mistake, but the important thing is to learn.”
“One of the advantages of my profession is I come into contact with many people.”
“I'd rather not have an address in France but an address in Italy because I love the country.”
“I've had affairs. But I'm not the sort of man who has 10,000 affairs.”
“I am a free man. I feel at home everywhere in Europe.”
“I consider myself a free man and a citizen of the world.”
“Hollywood exists only for the B-movies. The best things are coming from Europe.”
“I'd rather spend my time with grape growers than actors. In the film industry, all the money is focused on television and the stupidity of American cinema.”
“My unrealized ambition is to tend my vines, produce wine, and work like an artisan. I dream of rediscovering the old traditions and customs of wine growing, not necessarily to deny the technology which we have today, but to harness it and work in harmony with nature.”
“The relationship between an actor and a director is like a love story between a man and a woman. I'm sure sometimes I'm the woman.”
“My only model for being a father was my father, an illiterate on the margin of society.”
“I don't snack all the time, but I do sometimes drink l more than I should.”
“I don't care about Hollywood films. I'm not against Hollywood films, you know? Hollywood films were very good before, in the 1950s.”
“In Hollywood, you still have wonderful actors, but it's so hard to work there. To work becomes a Kafka nightmare - it's the last communist country!”
“Cooking is not difficult. Everyone has taste, even if they don't realize it. Even if you're not a great chef, there's nothing to stop you understanding the difference between what tastes good and what doesn't.”
“I have learnt a lot about my body since my heart attack. I don't drink as much now as before.”
“I want to get more involved with the vineyards I have all over the world and to spend more time with the people who work in them.”
“If cinema is a woman then certainly there are many shores.”
“I do this profession. I'm an actor. And it is, for me, an opportunity to meet people.”