“Everybody wanted me to be rich and famous on my art. And I said no to ...” — Philippe Petit Quote

“Everybody wanted me to be rich and famous on my art. And I said no to all the commercials and all the seedy offers.”

“I love or hate things straight away. I like to go directly to action to see the result. I think I must be difficult, but at the same time, it's not for me to say.”

“I started very early, from five or six years old, to climb. To climb trees, to climb rocks everywhere I could. At some point, of course, I used a rope.”

“Modelling was never a career option for me; it was always a hobby. I was modelling while I was pursuing my B.Tech, so the obvious choice after finishing my studies was to do a job. But while I was modelling and doing TV commercials, I really loved being in front of the camera. I enjoyed the shooting process.”

“I direct a lot of TV commercials and music videos.”

“I sometimes look around that studio in the middle of commercials and think, 'Really?'”