- "We grow up in a society that takes us apart instead of showing us we are all
 part of the same unit."
- "When I was a kid, I fell in love very easily, but they were stories that I invented myself. In fact, I was very catholic. I needed to fall in love in order to suffer a little, in order to show myself that I was alive. I often say that a woman can reveal a man. I love strong women who leave an impression."
- "Deep fidelity is a part of love."
- "What is your favorite women's perfume? The smell a woman has in the morning. Oh, come on! It's the best. Everybody knows that."
- "Every morning I'm facing myself in the mirror. It doesn't change anything finding out I'm supposed to be a sex symbol. It's like a joke. My mom is always saying that to me. She's like, 'A sex symbol? You, my son? Oh, please. Look at your nose!'"
- " In the US I can cry without anyone going immediately around saying that Vincent Perez is in the middle of a depression crisis."
- "I was like a plant in the wrong ground. It wasn't the right earth for me, but I think it was great because I was in touch with the nature and grew up in nature with forest and trees, fields, mountains, rivers, and it was good."
- "Can you imagine her solitude? She must be so proud, scared and lonely. Viviane is like that she' s really very pure; she's a good girl. The idea of becoming a woman was impossible for me too, but this kind of challenge brings out new things in my acting. I used to feel you had to show, to bring things to people, but it's good to let them steal from you. With Viviane I decided not to show, just to be." on playing a transvestite.
- "From the waist up I'm German, from the waist down I'm Spanish."
- "She's been in my life a long time and a certain day, instead of turning my head somewhere else, I finally felt that my happiness was with her. Since then, I feel more adult. I work better. Karine wants a lot; she wants to face every problem. She's the ideal woman. With her I know where I am going" on wife Karine Silla.
- "I was not really fond of marriage, of contracts,but when everything became so evident with Karine, all fears and uncertainty disappeared. I only wanted to make her happy. When it was time to arrange everything for the wedding, I was in Africa in a reservation surrounded by snakes and lions, and I was stressed thinking about Karine, who had to face it all alone. She came for a while over there with Roxane, and it was wonderful."
- "Did you discover something of a feminine side? Yes, but I never really had a problem with that."
- "Yes, my mind changed a lot. I was blown away by the feelings that emerged from me. ... She really brought a lot of happiness to my life. I have to say, spending time with her I know, this is it. This is wonderful."on his first child, daughter Iman.
- "My mom hates my movies because I actually die in most of them; she thinks my career is a big mess and for her, it is impossible to love a film in which I die. But come on, I don't really die in every one! Only in those for which it is really absolutely necessary; otherwise the movie would be a complete failure."
- "I consider myself European."
- "I have a one-year-old daughter, Iman. It is exciting to be a father."
- " I think Diderot was a genius, that he was a powerful man. His power was in the force of his analysis and his taste. There was certainly something monstrous about him, monstrous in the bulimic sense. He had a need to touch everything, explore everything, taste everything. It's not for me to judge another man, but I would have loved to meet him."
- "Becoming a father makes us understand that we are no longer the center of the universe. It allows us to consciously feel pure love in a wonderful, but completely new way. To have a child is to live a daily and constant enchantment, but also to be tortured with fear."
- "Love is more and more important in our society because you'll find it less and less."
- "I can show jealousy, but I do not want to be jealous. Jealousy is like a box. It has to be kept closed."
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