Xavier Dolan
Birthday: 20 March 1989, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Birth Name: Xavier Dolan-Tadros
Height: 169 cm
Xavier Dolan was born on March 20, 1989 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as Xavier Dolan-Tadros. He is an actor and writer, known for J'ai tué ma mère (2009), Tom à la ...Show More
[on directing oneself in a film] I don't want to be brash, but you just do it. It's not complicated. Show more
[on directing oneself in a film] I don't want to be brash, but you just do it. It's not complicated. I love it. I sit down on the chair to do the scene, and then I get up, ask for the playback. And if it's bad it's bad. If it's good it's good. I won't hesitate a second if it's bad. Hide
[on the bad reviews Juste la fin du monde (2016) received at Cannes] You're always ready for people Show more
[on the bad reviews Juste la fin du monde (2016) received at Cannes] You're always ready for people not liking your work. But I feel that there's a rather baffling misunderstanding. (...) If the guy who gives Creed (2015) five stars and "Fast and the Furious" four stars and-a-half is saying that Marion Cotillard is a bore in my movie, then it really is the end of the world. And you wonder what the fuck he's doing here. [2016] Hide
I was a very violent kid. I think movies and writing and art have been a way of channeling this.
I was a very violent kid. I think movies and writing and art have been a way of channeling this.
For me, hipsterism is for one to appropriate the codes of a social class or another milieu that wasn Show more
For me, hipsterism is for one to appropriate the codes of a social class or another milieu that wasn't theirs originally, in order to define their personality through something different and unique. Which is why a lot of hipsters live downtown and they're dressed as farmers. Then you have the Oscar Wilde hipster: the dandy. But pushed to the extreme. The edge. People are costumed. Its a disguise or something. For me, thats a sign of a loss of people believing in themselves, and of self-confidence. Hide
I've been recording forever. I'm a watcher. I'm a stalker. I love everything about people. It's alwa Show more
I've been recording forever. I'm a watcher. I'm a stalker. I love everything about people. It's always been a passion for me to observe. Hide
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