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We have put together a list of some of the best Quotes that Written by Olivier Martinez
Olivier Martinez
Total Quotes 42
I Have An Accent, I'm Limited, I Have To Play Foreign Parts - I Would Love To Play American Parts But I Can't Because I Have An Accent. You Are More Limited As A Foreigner In Every Area.
Play
Accents
Foreigners
I Was Born And Raised In A Suburb Of Paris By A Working-class Family.
Class
Paris
Born
I'll Always Be A Foreigner.
Foreigners
The First Time Adrian Saw Me Was On Tape. But You Should Know That This Never Works - Never In The History Of Movies Has Someone Been Cast From A Video.
Games
Tape
Video
People Sometimes Recognize Me Here, But They Are Very Nice.
Nice
People
Sometimes
Brave Is Good - Especially When You Are A Soldier.
Brave
Soldier
An Actor Cannot Say No, It’s Against His Job. If He Wants The Part He Has To Say Yes. [but] It’s Very Bad For You To Say You Can Do Something And Then Not Do It, So You Have To Manage To Do It.
Jobs
Actors
Want
I Really Believe Great Actors, Even With Disease And Age, Can Be Great.
Believe
Age
Actors
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.
Stupid
Opportunity
My Family
If I Had To Fall In Love With All The Actresses I Play With And Live The Situations I Have To Play, I Would Be Lost ! I Need To Be Solid And Know Who I Really Am To Have Fun In Making Something Else. I Noticed, While Talking With Other Actors, That They Often Let Ambiguity Float. I Don't Like Ambiguity, It's Dangerous. I Need Distance. I Also Think That The Result Would Prevent The Audience From Identifying To The Characters. If You Feel The Things Too Strongly, You Simply Close The Doors.
Falling In Love
Fun
Distance
My Father Was Champion Of North Africa And He Beat The European Champ. He Was Very Good, A Professional For 12 Years. We're From A Big Family Of Boxers. My Father Has Seven Brothers.
Brother
Father
Years
If You Compare Me To An Actor, I'm Probably One Of The Best Boxers In The Profession. But If You Compare Me As A Boxer, I'm Probably One Of The Best Actors.
Actors
Boxers
Compare
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.
Cousin
Wall
Long
I Don't Have Goals In Life.
Goal
Life Goal
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.
Leave Me Alone
Needs
Want
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.
Real
Opposites
Directors
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.
Stupid
Energy
Want
But What I Really Like Are Old Hollywood Movies. Very Often I Watch Amc.
Hollywood
Watches
Old Hollywood
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.
Stars
Years
Car
I Played A Scene At The End Of My First Year, And That's How I Was Discovered.
Years
Firsts
Scene
When You're A Foreigner, At The Beginning You Are Far Away From The Culture. Then, Little By Little, You Start To Interact With People, Have Friends, Have A Life, And Then You Feel More Comfortable.
People
Culture
Littles
When I Was A Kid, I Was Watching The Movies My Parents Wanted To Watch. I Came From A Working Class Family, Not Specifically Educated, So We Were Watching Popular Movies. My Dad Liked Cowboy Movies, So We Were Watching Cowboy Movies. Some Of Them Were Amazing. It’s A Genre Of Movie I Like Very Much.
Dad
Kids
Cowboy
I Don't Feel Restricted By The Language: I Feel More Free.
Language
Feels
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.
Opposites
Would Be
Strange
Born: January 12, 1966
Occupation: Film Actor
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