Gaspard Ulliel
Gaspard Ulliel
Gaspard Ullielis a French actor and model. He is best known for playing the young Hannibal Lecter in Hannibal Rising, for playing Yves Saint Laurent in the 2014 biopic Saint Laurent and for being the face of Chanel's fragrance, Bleu de Chanel...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth25 November 1984
CountryFrance
people challenges way
The most challenging thing is how to portray someone that is so well known that people still recall him in a very precise way.
trying photo-shoots
When I'm doing a photo shoot, I'm not playing a part. I'm just trying to be myself.
thinking artist doubt
I think for every artist it's important to always keep this amount of doubt until the very last day of shooting.
thinking tvs film
I had a really regular progression--and this is really pleasant, I think--because I had small parts in TV movies, then bigger parts in TV movies, and then small parts in films. And I think this allows you to get...experience of the set and to get familiar with [the process]. And as I had a really slow progression, I think it really helped me to stay lucid and not get carried away.
jobs thinking office
I think I would never be ready to do a regular job. I couldn’t go to the office every day at the same hour. I love my life. This freedom.
character thinking might
Well, I think it can be quite helpful to be working on a character who actually existed, historically. Of course, you might have material to study and help you create the character.
fashion thinking three
As for a fashion designer, you have those very precise deadlines to keep so you have to renew yourself constantly every three or six months. When you think about it, it's so intense.
reality cinema mythology
For me, cinema becomes grandiose when it imposes its own mythology and its own reality.
fun kids acting
I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.
good-food cooks epicurean
I love good food. I’m an epicurean, that’s for sure. … But I am not really a good cook.