Monday October 31, 2005
French actor Gerard Depardieu says he's ending film career
PARIS: Famed French actor Gerard Depardieu said in a newspaper interview that he's ending his film career - and swears he wasn't drunk when he said it.
"I'm in the process of stopping filming,'' the portly, Oscar-nominated actor was quoted as saying in weekly Le Parisien Dimanche.
"I'm a guy who's leaving! A guy who's not drunk. For once.''
Depardieu, one of France's most prolific actors, was speaking on the set of an upcoming French film and is scheduled to appear in a new installment of the "Asterix'' series next year, the newspaper said.
But he insisted his career will soon be over.
"I have nothing to lose,'' the 56-year-old star said. "I have done 170 films. I have nothing left to prove. I am not going to hang on like a jerk.''
Depardieu was a leading French actor of the 1980s and 1990s with such hits as "Green Card,'' "Jean de Florette'' and "Cyrano de Bergerac,'' for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. - AP
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