Biografie

A friend of John Travolta, he was asked by Travolta to be his French voice in the dubbed version of Brian De Palma's movie Blow Out - Der Tod löscht alle Spuren (1981).

In December 2012 Gérard Depardieu moved to Belgium as a self-exile to avoid French taxes. Depardieu has surrendered his French passport and social security card. In an open letter to the prime minister, Depardieu wrote he had "nothing to do in France," and moreover accused the current government of wanting to "punish" success. As of December 2012 about 500 French citizens are said to be waiting to be naturalized in Belgium mainly due to financial reasons.

Speaks Italian fluently.

Underwent emergency quintuple heart bypass surgery in Paris, France, following a heart attack (10 July 2000).

Is an accomplished winemaker.

I never really like the characters I play. I only come to love them afterwards.

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.

I'm happy with very little on this earth, but I do like to have a lot in my glass. [on his love for wine]

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. You need to be there to make yourself understood; you can't just tell people what to do from the end of a telephone line. 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.

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.

Hello Goodbye (2008) - €900,000

Babylon A.D. (2008) - €900,000

Asterix bei den Olympischen Spielen (2008) - €1,440,000

Michou d'Auber (2007) - €500,000

La Vie En Rose (2007) - €500,000