Quotes from Olivier Martinez

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

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

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

Just being famous feels cheap to me.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Sometimes you have to laugh about what gets published; sometimes it's annoying, but in general I don't care.

I'll always be a foreigner.

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.

I don't have goals in life.

It's a matter of time; you adapt to the different culture and different way of life. Human beings are adaptable.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

I'm French - it's less important. Meaning, I remain a Frenchman in America, but I adapt to American culture. I feel good there - but I'm still a foreigner.