Olivier Martinez Quotes

• 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.

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• I played a scene at the end of my first year, and that’s how I was discovered.

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

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

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• I don’t want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream.

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• I don’t have goals in life.

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• I don’t feel restricted by the language: I feel more free.

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

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• 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.

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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Olivier Martinez (34)

Birth:	12th January, 1966
Nationality:	French
Profession:	Actor

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