the GASPARD thing

Guilty pleasure: Driving fast!!
Vacation spot: A tiny island in Greece that I’d rather keep secret!
Current obsession: Finding some used pack of 665 Polaroid film. It’s a black and white film with a positive and negative at the same time!! I’ve been an amateur photographer since my teens. Before digital killed it all, I loved using this great film in my rare Konica Instant Press camera.
Biggest regret: Being compelled to stop my cinema studies to work as an actor. Even though I’m so passionate about acting today, after high school I was so eager to become a filmmaker. Still in my mind today. …
Paris or New York? Both. Being raised in Paris, I dream of New York, but if I had been raised in New York, I would dream of Paris.
Best part of summer: Miniskirts!
Best part of autumn: Snow and ski time approaching. … Half of my family comes from the French Alps. As a child, I almost skied before I walked!

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GASPARD ULLIEL’S QUARTIER

• Ferdi (32, rue du Mont Thabor). A very small restaurant near Place Vendome in the First. Warm welcome with luscious Latin food.
• Joe Allen (30, rue Pierre Lescot). An American restaurant in the First just a block away from my apartment. I grew up in the neighborhood, and this has always been my second home.
• Le Montana (28, rue Saint-Benoît). A small, cozy club in St. Germain. I like the atmosphere, the people there, but, above all, the fact that it’s divided in two floors. One with loud music for dancing, and one with a classy bar with small booths where not only you can talk but you can actually hear and understand what your friends are saying. (That’s rare in most of the Parisian clubs!)
• Los Mexicanos (10, rue Papillon). As odd as it may seem, it’s a shabby Mexican restaurant in the 10th that turns into a Brazilian club every Sunday nights. All the Brazilian community meets up here for the most intense dancing sessions. If you don’t dance, don’t drink caipirinhas and don’t understand Portuguese, just pass your way.
• La Chambre Claire (14, rue St Sulpice) and La Hune (170, Boulevard Saint-Germain). Two book shops with a great selection of art and photography books.
• Potemkine (30, rue Beaurepaire). The best place to find the DVDs you can’t find elsewhere. This great shop opened in 2006 and is a real love testimony to cinema! You’ll only find quality films on the shelves.
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