Also, I have found that I really like to work in English. It's very strange because it's exactly the opposite of what I thought it would be like.
Olivier Martinez

And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you become like a factory worker.
Olivier Martinez

And what's more I've got no need for anyone to tell me how to do it. I am not interested. You act how you want to and leave me alone to do my own thing.
Olivier Martinez

Before, I was so stupid. But, you know, when you have friends who died on the street, you say, okay, let's calm down. It's not the kind of energy I want to have in life. I want to go slower, and longer.
Olivier Martinez

But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC.
Olivier Martinez

But when you work with the director and the real person who is playing opposite you, it changes everything. You are almost in a working session. I was very comfortable, and that's maybe what helped me to get the part.
Olivier Martinez

I always say I was born too late in the world, too old.
Olivier Martinez

I don't feel restricted by the language: I feel more free.
Olivier Martinez

I don't have goals in life.
Olivier Martinez

I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream.
Olivier Martinez

I like Brad Pitt; I just have nothing to do with him.
Olivier Martinez

I never analyze why I was with one woman instead of another.
Olivier Martinez

I played a scene at the end of my first year, and that's how I was discovered.
Olivier Martinez

I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough.
Olivier Martinez

I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great.
Olivier Martinez

I see my friends, my family, my cousins work all day long for very little money, and if I have this problem of not being able to wall on the streets, it's not a big deal.
Olivier Martinez

I want just to be happy and peaceful. And that's not always the case when you're married.
Olivier Martinez

I wanted to become a champ - I was surrounded by champs in my family and in my neighborhood - and because of this stupid accident, I lost my opportunity.
Olivier Martinez

I was born and raised in a suburb of Paris by a working-class family.
Olivier Martinez

I'll always be a foreigner.
Olivier Martinez