The Many Faces (And Arm Movements) Of Nicolas Sarkozy (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post     First Posted: 05/30/10 06:12 AM ET   Updated: 05/25/11 05:00 PM ET

While Nicolas Sarkozy and his supermodel wife Carla Bruni have taken America by storm with their dazzling smiles and hip clothes, the French president showed an audience at Columbia University another side of him. Well, several more sides of him.

Like Charles de Gaulle before him, it seems Sarkozy is quite fond of using his arms to drive home his point. Couple that with his dramatic facial expressions and you've got a worthy challenger to Marcel Marceau's crown.

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While Nicolas Sarkozy and his supermodel wife Carla Bruni have taken America by storm with their dazzling smiles and ...
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StoryTime
Running on plenty/Oh j'cours toute seule ,)
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11:08 PM on 03/31/2010
I'm a French native and I too gesticulate a lotttt and make all kind of faces...
Anglos are so "still", sometimes it drives me nuts, they keep their "cool" in situations where I think more should be expressed but I'm here to learn and not to judge...
But I know some people look at me as if I was crazy...when I'm just being latin...,)))
He on the other end is...oh well....he is who he is, he also happens to be French...
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MIKEinNYC
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09:50 PM on 03/31/2010
I love this guy. He's SO French!
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UnePetiteParisienne
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11:54 AM on 03/31/2010
Gesticulating is indeed very common in France, Italy and Spain.
As a French native with an Italian mother I would be hardly able to communicate if my hands were tied behind my back ! ...
This being said, let me tell you that Sarkozy is very much mocked in France for his facial tics and general agitation. He is often compared to some kind of obnoxious hyperactive child (the size helps !) and makes a very easy target for satirists and comedians...
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PhilipB
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12:01 PM on 03/31/2010
I kind of like it...the expressive quality. In America the major expression is the smile. In Europe you do not see that as much, but when they do smile it is very warm. I find it all very interesting.
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Paralogos
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11:47 AM on 03/31/2010
My wife is French, and it's dangerous for her to talk while driving!
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PhilipB
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11:58 AM on 03/31/2010
That is cute. I can picture that.
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HUFFPOST COMMUNITY MODERATOR
NoMercy
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11:40 AM on 03/31/2010
French, Italian, Spanish, they all gesticulate more than Anglos.

Why don't "real Americans" - you know, the T-B'ers, at least admit "At least he doesn't use a teleprompter"!
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Dailykook
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11:34 AM on 03/31/2010
At least there is no teleprompter.
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BlueFloyd
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10:55 AM on 03/31/2010
The French they are a funny race.
They talk with their hands,
And they fook with their face.
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Pagoas
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10:40 AM on 03/31/2010
i dunno... he's kinda sexy.
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09:56 AM on 03/31/2010
I rather look at 13 pictures of his wife.
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Two Cents
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09:50 AM on 03/31/2010
. . . I speak with my hands, as well: so what (pray tell)?
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gsteinum
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09:42 AM on 03/31/2010
his arm gestures matter how?? this article is filler.
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frenchtwist
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09:03 AM on 03/31/2010
He has Tourette's.
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Unimatrix42
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08:47 AM on 03/31/2010
If I were sharing my bed with Carla Bruni I'd make funny faces too. :P
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07:42 AM on 03/31/2010
Yeah, I seem to remember in the FIRST CHAPTER of my eighth grade French book it explained that the French use their hands a lot more when speaking. Has the author of this article ever been to France?
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mazaza
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10:22 AM on 03/31/2010
Textbook correct. And Sarkozy particularly agitated.
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JjayNz
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04:25 AM on 03/31/2010
i bet, he was standing on a box.
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