Quotes by Olivier Martinez

About Olivier Martinez:

Olivier Martinez is a French film actor. He became known after roles in several French films such as Un, deux, trois, soleil (1993), which garnered him the César Award for "Most Promising Actor", The Horseman on the Roof (1995), and The Chambermaid on the Titanic (1997). He has also appeared in Hollywood-produced features, including the drama Before Night Falls (2000), the erotic thriller Unfaithful (2002) and playing the role of a French drug lord in the action-crime-thriller S.W.A.T. (2003).
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I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great.

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

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.

Olivier Martinez

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

Olivier Martinez

It's like all the signs were telling me that I shouldn't be a boxer, so I quit.

Olivier Martinez

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

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.

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I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard.

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Otherwise, to be a movie star, it's a lot of compromise and also a lot of headaches. You can't do what you want. You become a prisoner of your fame. This happened to me in France and I don't want it.

Olivier Martinez

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

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I'll always be a foreigner.

Olivier Martinez

Who knows what happens tomorrow? We'll find it tomorrow.

Olivier Martinez

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

Olivier Martinez

If you want to be happy, live discreetly. Does that make sense in English?

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

Olivier Martinez

People sometimes recognize me here, but they are very nice.

Olivier Martinez

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

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The big difference with Juliette and the others in that film is that she goes beyond acting.

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It's nice to have some distance with your family. As long as you're closer to them by love.

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

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Author Bio

  • NameOlivier Martinez
  • DescriptionFrench actor
  • BornJanuary 12, 1966
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionActor