Patrick Bruel has been a big name in French cinema for many years.
A popularity he still enjoys today.
"I do a public job, I am public, I know that I have to be seen, observed, and that represents something", he explains in "Icons" on Europe 1.
INTERVIEW
Jacques Brel, Serge Reggiani, Dustin Hoffman… The life and career of Patrick Bruel have been marked by many icons which in turn have inspired him.
Renowned actor and singer, over the years he himself has become a reference for many French people.
He still enjoys this popularity today.
"I do not have this coquetry to want to be anonymous", he confides at the microphone of Michel Denisot, on Europe 1.
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"I do a public job, I am public, I know that I have to be seen, observed, and that represents something", he explains.
The singer congratulates himself on being able to influence the lives of his fans.
"If at some point we were able to change the destiny or the course of someone's life through a word, a song, a look, an attention or an intervention, it is extremely touching. moving testimonies. "
"I was very fond of Patrick Dewaere"
If Patrick Bruel is so touched by these testimonies, it is perhaps because he knows the importance of these figures loved from afar, who can mark a slice of life forever.
Patrick Dewaere, for example, was a great source of inspiration for him.
"I had great affection for him. I did not meet him but to see him work, to see him evolve with his roles, to see him in his doubts, to see his extraordinary flaws that great directors knew how to use with him. , brought me a lot. "
The disadvantages of celebrity, such as lack of privacy, Patrick Bruel rarely feels.
"I live half the time in the United States and there I don't represent much", smiles the actor.
He concludes: "It's a good outlet."