Jean Reno's Quotes

If it's a romantic holiday, the only thing I need is my wife. We love quiet and calm places where we can't be disturbed. Neither of us likes being in busy places; we would much rather stay in our hotel room and enjoy each other's company.

In France, if you have any sort of talent, you'd better keep it here. And if you're going to go abroad, it had better not be America. The old battle - American versus Frog cinema. It's ridiculous.

My plat de resistance is potato salad with garlic and olive oil which we press from the olives from my trees in the grounds of my home near St Remy de Provence. I have four hectares and take the olives down to the local community press at Maussane les Alpilles. I don't produce big quantities; it is just for the family and friends.

Sometimes I take the watch, or I take the shoes, but usually the souvenir is to take the life you had with those directors, or the crew - the camera person, the lighting person. When you finish a film it's like a little death. You had a family for a bit, and you finish the movie and you probably will never see each other again.

When I am up in Paris then the restaurant which has remained my favourite for the past decade is Guy Savoy. The menu is huge, sophisticated and very creative but I keep to simple choices.

Actually, I only have a few friends in real life. And when I say friends, I'm referring to those people who I've known since the 1960s.

At home I keep things simple with fish, pasta and soups and am often preparing stuff for the family.

Being proud and being nationalistic are, for me, completely different things.

But I will say that most comedians are the saddest people I know. That is the biggest paradox to me.

Croatia is an amazing place.

Everywhere in the world, you find good things.

I don't feel like I have to be nationalistic French because I'm afraid of losing whatever. No, no, no, no. And also I don't think we are the best.

I don't get the romances. I did try - a film called 'Roseanna's Grave' in the 1990s. I liked it. But the audience didn't come.

I don't think you lose culture because you act different cultures.

I see most of my movies at festivals.

I went to drama school in Paris and started doing theatre with a friend. Then I moved into movies and slowly but surely I got roles.

I'd like to do plays, maybe a one man show.

I'm a minimalist. I don't really need much to enjoy a good holiday - just my family and the bare essentials.

It is an actor's defect. I want everybody to like me, so I'll say what I think will please them.

The advantage of being eighty years old is that one has had many people to love.