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Interview
by Edo Q ©
2009 CoverMen
Mag!
June, 2009
-Hello
Vincent, I'm really flattered you accepted to be interviewed
for CoverMen Mag!, to start this interview off, please
give me some background information. 
So my hometown is Paris, born and raised there, my family
is a little bit everywhere in France, which gave me another
education than a 100% Parisian, and I think it helps to
be a little bit more aware of what's going on around even if
I actually really get more open when I started modeling.
And now I live in NY, in Brooklyn with Boyd and Jamie
to be exact, which is the best decision I've made for
years. I'm starting my life again somehow, everybody
should live in another country one day if they get the
opportunity.
-On starting to model: how
and when did you begin thinking of modeling as a career?
Were your family supportive of your choice?
So I started when Edi Slimane ran after
me when I was skateboarding in Paris, I actually thought
that this all thing was a joke for a moment, and then
I started to realise that it was actually pretty serious,
I wasn't thinking of making a career of it until it
get to be regular and after a couple of big jobs. My dad
was scared to see me missing school, I was in a cinema
school in Paris, but after a while he was actually happy
and proud to see me working and independent.
-Did
you have any idea about what was involved in being a
model?
Definitely not, I thought it
was a group of rich pretentious big guys with no brain,
and I realised that it was much different, I met some
of my best friends in there, I got to realised after
a while how much it is a proper job to be a model and
not just a warm alive plastic mannequin. Involving working
with different artists and amazing people sometimes.
Traveling, maybe the best part, surprised me also,
I got the chance to see so many different places that
makes you grow up...yeah yeah I finally grew up.
-Describe
your first major modeling experience: what was it like
and where was it held?
Except the shows,
let's say the Missoni campaign with Drew Barimore in Ibiza
shot by Mert and Marcus. It was amazing to work with
those people, I maybe started to realise that it was
getting a pretty big deal then. I had no chance to meet
celebrities before, everybody was so professional and
so nice.....And I was the young stoned skateboarder
on the middle, pretty funny, how did I got there? No
idea, I'm still surprised how I got to do this career.
-Surely you are a very successful and busy model,
can you share with me some of your current and upcoming
projects?
I'm
in NY now, so I got to meet all the clients there, it
takes some time to be known by everybody there. But
I did mostly catalogues and editorials lately like Barneys
in NY.
-If you decided to stop modeling today, what other career
would you like to take up? Have you ever considered
getting into acting?
That's
a good question, I'm working on it, that's also why
I moved to NY, after the cinema school, I made a couple
of
short movies as
a director when I had time, and I'm a lot more serious
into it now, I assist a French director for his next
feature in New York next winter, which is gonna teach
me a lot. And I have a couple of personal projects upcoming
too. As for acting yes I'm interested also to understand
this job and to be able to direct actors. I'm taking acting
classes in NY.
-Tell me a little bit about your personal interests:
apart from modeling, what else do you enjoy doing?
So
I told you about movies, you know about skateboard that
I do for 10 years, I love art in general, music
a lot, I started playing drum 6 month ago. I also make
car racing in France, Drifting, it's about sliding with
a car on a normal racetrack, it's really fun, I'll go
back to the French and European championship next year.
I love all the extreme sports in general...But
more than anything, FRIENDS, FAMILY, and eh.....girls.
-How has the job title “male model” affected your dating
life? In other words do you think that women are
attracted to male models?
Yeah
it helps for sure, but the interesting ones are not
the model stalkers.
-Did you like school? What subjects did you excel in?
I
hated school before, I couldn't stay sitting on a chair
for hours, but many people who does amazing things in
life are shit in school, I think school should get some
change to interest more children about life, but I guess
it's good not to have everybody with big projects, especially
in the bad schools in the suburbs. But anyway, I was
good at Math, English, Technology, oh and Biology too.
-Thanks Vincent for taking the time to reply to my questions,
it was a gift to my readers and me!
You're
welcome, it was a pleasure even if I took a long time
to write you back.
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