Michel Piccoli as Simon Cinéma

Marcello Mastroianni as The Italian Friend

Henri Garcin as Fermin

Julie Gayet as Camille Miralis

Mathieu Demy as Camille

Emmanuel Salinger as Vincent

Anouk Aimée as Anouk

Fanny Ardant as The Star That Turns at Night

Jean-Paul Belmondo as Professor Bébel

Romane Bohringer as The Girl in Purple

Sandrine Bonnaire as The Transformable Wanderer

Jean-Claude Brialy as The Japanese Guide

Catherine Deneuve as The Star-Fantasy

Robert De Niro as The Husband of The Star-Fantasy on a Cruise

Gina Lollobrigida as Professor Bébel's Medium Wife

Alain Delon as Self

Gérard Depardieu as Self

Harrison Ford as Self

Jeanne Moreau as Mr. Cinéma's First Ex-wife

Hanna Schygulla as Mr. Cinéma's Second Ex-wife

Jane Birkin as The Woman Who Says Stingy

Patrick Bruel as The First Speaker

Daniel Toscan du Plantier as The Second Speaker

Francisco Rabal as Luis Buñuel (voice)

Stephen Dorff as Mute Actor in Hollywood

Assumpta Serna as Mute Actress in Hollywood

Andréa Ferréol as The Astonished

Sabine Azéma as Sabine / Irène

Marie Piémontèse as Sylvie

Isabelle Adjani as Self - in Cannes

Jean-Hugues Anglade as Self - in Cannes

Daniel Auteuil as Self - in Cannes

Clint Eastwood as Self - in Cannes

Virna Lisi as Self - in Cannes

Maximilien Maussion as The Little Clap

Salomé Blechmans as Little Lili

Carole Benoit as The Nîmoise

Weiwei Melk as Chinese Woman

Christian Bouillette as The Castle Gardener

Frédéric Darié as The Window Washer

Alexia Stresi as Alexia

Denis Sebbah as Robert this Bob

Antoine Desrosières as Antoine

Jean-Claude Romer as The Cinema Historian

Daniel Dublet as Visitor

Benjamin Salinger as Marco

Eléonore Pourriat as Mylène

Marina Castelnuovo as The One Like Liz T.

Bernard Bastide as Coffee Boy (uncredited)

Sandra Bernhard as First Seeker (uncredited)

Emmanuelle Gaborit as Second Seeker (uncredited)

Gary Chekchak as Electrician (uncredited)

Arielle Dombasle as Singer at the Garden Party (uncredited)

René Basly as One of the Seven Dwarves (uncredited)

François Guillot as One of the Seven Dwarfs (uncredited)

Marcel Guéguan as One of the Seven Dwarfs (uncredited)

Filippo Paese as One of the Seven Dwarfs (uncredited)

Nicolas Pissaboeuf as One of the Seven Dwarfs (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Kalfon as The First Jean-Pierre (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Léaud as The Second Jean-Pierre (uncredited)

Stéphane Krausz as The Ops Chief (uncredited)

Daryl Hannah as Mute Actress in Hollywood (uncredited)

Emily Lloyd as Mute Actress in Hollywood (uncredited)

Martin Sheen as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)

Harry Dean Stanton as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Moerman as The Notary (uncredited)

Henri Morelle as Swimming Priest (uncredited)

Didier Rouget as Mandrake's Student (uncredited)

Bertrand Lalande as Visitor (uncredited)

Léonard Vindry as Visitor (uncredited)

Eric Zaouali as The Second of the Lumière Brothers (uncredited)