Alain Quotes

After his suggestions of Warren Beatty, Alain Delon and Burt Reynolds to play the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather (1972) were rejected by Francis Ford Coppola, Paramount production chief Robert Evans suggested Redford. When Coppola demurred, preferring his first choice of Tony Awar-winning Broadway actor Al Pacino, Evans explained that Redford could fit the role as he could be perceived as "northern Italian." Evans lost the struggle, Pacino was cast and a star was born.

I listened to a lot of records. I smoked quite a few cigarettes and that - the smoking - stayed with me unfortunately! And I copied his voice in much the same way as I would learn an accent. With a lot of work, I got it. I found Jim`s voice. Whenever people see me singing, it`s really me singing. It`s live. Oliver (Oliver Stone) was counting a lot on the spontaneity and the authenticity, especially in the concert scenes. Everything was prerecorded just in case but I ended up performing it all live. It is all a thing of imagination and one can have the tendency to underestimate it. Physically, I enjoyed myself a lot when I had to gain weight to incarnate Jim Morrison at the end of his life. When he is in a stupor, intoxicated by alcohol and drugs, he resembles Karl Marx. The make-up artists took Polaroids and showed them to the Doors guitarist and to Alain Ronay to get their approval. They were amazed by the resemblance and that helped me a lot. - On becoming Jim Morrison for The Doors (1991).

(on Alain Resnais) Resnais is one of the genius directors, too, however difficult it is to work in his way on a script as complex as Providence (1977). He`s the only poet director I`m aware of.

Alain will do everything in his power to win, he doesn`t like getting beaten by anyone and least of all me.

Towards the end of last season, Titus was outstanding for us and I have been very happy with Jean-Alain as well.

Alain Chapelle (Ducasse`s mentor), Alain Ducasse, Didier Elena - I learned from all of them.