Olivier Martinez quote: "In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me."

My father was champion of North Africa and he beat the European champ. He was very good, a professio...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

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

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

Also, I have found that I really like to work in English. It's very strange because it's exa...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

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

Love is based on imagination.
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

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

But when you work with the director and the real person who is playing opposite you, it changes ever...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

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

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

There are two smells that I can recognize right away. The smell of the boxing ring and the smell of ...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

I don't have goals in life.
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

I'll always be a foreigner.
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

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

I see my friends, my family, my cousins work all day long for very little money, and if I have this ...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

Sometimes you have to laugh about what gets published; sometimes it's annoying, but in general I...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

It's not only imagination, it's the distortion of the vision. You suddenly think, This perso...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

Imagination creates some big monsters.
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

Before, I was so stupid. But, you know, when you have friends who died on the street, you say, okay,...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. O...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

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

I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six ye...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

And what's more I've got no need for anyone to tell me how to do it. I am not interested. Yo...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

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

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

I'm French - it's less important. Meaning, I remain a Frenchman in America, but I adapt to A...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

The human being is flesh and consciousness, body and soul; his heart is an abyss which can only be f...
OLIVIER MESSIAEN

I didn't understand the advantages of staying active until I was about 27.
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

In fashion, we don't often know the prices. We don't have time to go into the stores.
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

I'm kind of obsessed with cool girls.
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic mov...
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

Today there are more things you can wear for the same occasions. I still like this idea of the perfe...
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

I am not a designer that buys vintage to be inspired.
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

I always like to preserve my freedom. I've never really been attached to any place; that's p...
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

I am interested in the idea of 'taste.' And by 'taste,' I mean opinion, inspiration ...
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

Personally, I am not so affected by my environment. What I build in the creative process is not nece...
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

I really hated school. I had the feeling I was losing a lot of time.
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

I could live naked... I love it.
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

If you are a girl dressing up in the morning thinking about the whole world having a point of view o...
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

Art is the way people see things, and I think it's great when individuals can find in fashion so...
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

I don't think couture will die. But it should have no pretension that it will conquer the world....
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

What is funny is when you do a futuristic movie, you immediately get to be fashionable because you&#...
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

I haven't made many wedding dresses. It's a dress very, very important for the girl; it'...
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

When Princess Diana got married, I was a very little kid, I think. I remember her dress, and I found...
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

My first collection was made from sheets that my grandmother, who lived in Normandy, had been collec...
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

Personally, I have had sometimes moments where I thought my idea behind the idea of a collection - t...
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

What is sure is that the satellite view of our world and its evolution is now a common reality.
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

The aim of being a good designer is to have an influence. If you design furniture or lifestyle, you ...
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

A black dress is beautiful! It's a good choice. It could be the wrong choice at certain events o...
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

When I was very young, I wanted to be a girl. I was jealous that girls got to be princesses and wear...
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

Solving a problem created by debt... by creating more debt is a fool's errand.
OLIVIER SARKOZY

No one should be allowed to make music as if he were made of wood. One must reproduce the musical te...
OLIVIER MESSIAEN

I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who...
OLIVIER MESSIAEN

My faith is the grand drama of my life. I'm a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have...
OLIVIER MESSIAEN

When you write a script, you always think about what your heart is asking.
OLIVIER MEGATON

I like to discover new things.
OLIVIER MEGATON

When you make a movie, you really have to be clever and smart, find something new for the worldwide ...
OLIVIER MEGATON

To be on the set with the actors, with the location, every day changes; every day something can go w...
OLIVIER MEGATON

I like David Lynch; I like Stanley Kubrick. I'm a big fan of Kubrick.
OLIVIER MEGATON

I like thrillers. My style of movies are closer to thrillers.
OLIVIER MEGATON

People who watch 'Transporter' are maybe asking a little less about reality, being serious, ...
OLIVIER MEGATON

I never wanted to be a director. I came into this industry by the little door, so I never learned an...
OLIVIER MEGATON

I'm not a fan of action movies.
OLIVIER MEGATON

Action movies today are going to so fast, you can't say you're going to do everything faster...
OLIVIER MEGATON

The most difficult thing to do is drama.
OLIVIER MEGATON

I'm a painter. I was a graffiti artist, and I painted all over the world.
OLIVIER MEGATON

I don't like the actors to work together beforehand. I trust my intuition, and I like when the a...
OLIVIER DAHAN

The difficulty with telling stories about real people is you have to find a way of mixing yourself i...
OLIVIER DAHAN

I don't read the critics.
OLIVIER DAHAN

Cannes is a sort of gladiators' arena, and that's the fun part of it. When you accept to com...
OLIVIER DAHAN

I started to think of Grace of Monaco as a metaphor for women in general.
OLIVIER DAHAN

Les personnages de nos autres vies sont des fantômes que la littérature fait revivre.
OLIVIER WEBER

My faith is the grand drama of my life. I'm a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have no ...
OLIVIER MESSIAEN

I like to be lazy. I do like to be busy and really active, but when that's done, you can be sure...
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

Our eyes reflect light. Better that the lips are more like a rose petal.
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

The office of drama is to exercise, possibly to exhaust, human emotions. The purpose of comedy is to...
LAURENCE OLIVIER

We always see the point of an iceberg. So I've always accepted the idea that people - they don&#...
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is the outward...
LAURENCE OLIVIER

I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shak...
LAURENCE OLIVIER

We have all, at one time or another, been performers, and many of us still are - politicians, playbo...
LAURENCE OLIVIER

I often think that could we creep behind the actor's eyes, we would find an attic of forgotten t...
LAURENCE OLIVIER

We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act.
LAURENCE OLIVIER

For at the end of the day, what matters is never the wine, it's always the moment; it's always the p...
OLIVIER MAGNY

I'd like people to remember me for a diligent expert workman. I think a poet is a workman. I thi...
LAURENCE OLIVIER

'Taken' is a really difficult project because it was a big surprise for everybody.
OLIVIER MEGATON

Especially on 'Taken,' 'Taken' was not a big success the day of its release. It was ...
OLIVIER MEGATON

When I started at Ricci, I did street wear for very cool, young girls, but the price point was for t...
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

Ascension He has gone away, the Well-Beloved, For our sake! He is risen, the Well-Beloved, For ...
OLIVIER MESSIAEN

It was all black in the plane. There was no more light, nothing.
OLIVIER DUBOIS

I was not feeling too bad. Andy was in worse shape than me in the fifth. I think I was really unluck...
OLIVIER ROCHUS

When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight...
LAURENCE OLIVIER

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.
LAURENCE OLIVIER

We sent plain-clothes officers to see if it was the right man we were looking for. Of course, we had...
OLIVIER LAPOINTE

When we arrived, we found two people that were injured by sharp weapons. One of them was a man aged ...
OLIVIER LAPOINTE

It was obvious there was nothing to be done. They were not even sent to hospital.
OLIVIER LAPOINTE

For him, there was nothing that was not normal. He asked for a product that was given to him, and he...
OLIVIER LAPOINTE

Firefighters found two men who were unfortunately unconscious and in one case the death was confirme...
OLIVIER LAPOINTE

He went to buy cigarettes, went to the gas station, paid for them. Two men accepted the money.
OLIVIER LAPOINTE

Business confidence has not advanced in France for three months and the gap in relation to Germany i...
OLIVIER GASNIER

I am curious to see what the others do. I was stressed. I wanted to know if it was too much like wha...
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

It may sound stupid, but I have always loved those water lilies.
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

I find him very enlightening. If there is something inspiring you -- if it's an adventure with H&M -...
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

Everything I do, I do out of instinct. I love to show shapes. I like to work around the waist, the h...
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

Given how remarkably strong some sectors were last month seasonally adjusted, IT was a little bit di...
ROBERT OLIVIER

La gloire, c'est comme la gouache, ça prend très vite puis ça part à la première goutte de plui...
OLIVIER WEBER

Nous sommes tous des naufragés de l'âme vois-tu, la peinture n'est que le reflet de ce chagrin, an...
OLIVIER WEBER

He said aloud what everybody everywhere now says.
OLIVIER ROY

We've turned into a possession team. That's what good teams do. To be honest, we learned that from S...
KATHY OLIVIER

Of course, there's only one person who stabbed the victim. They were not all holding the knife. But ...
OLIVIER LAPOINTE

If you are a youngster in the French suburbs, your mates are second-generation Muslim immigrants and...
OLIVIER ROY

My faith is the grand drama of my life. I'm a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have no ...
OLIVIER MESSIAEN

Ascension He has gone away, the Well-Beloved, For our sake! He is risen, the Well-Beloved, For our s...
OLIVIER MESSIAEN

It is the best individual rise in some time.
ROBERT OLIVIER

The annual trend in January has been to fall and this year has been better, so it's a healthier star...
ROBERT OLIVIER

Ser moderno é tratar de sabotar os lugares-comuns de seu tempo. Programa complexo: o nosso tende a ...
OLIVIER ROLIN

It's interesting for me because in my work, a lot of times, I like to scrutinize the clothes and...
OLIVIER THEYSKENS

We don't want to produce grapes. We want to answer the scientific question of whether this transgeni...
OLIVIER LEMAIRE

'Richard III' is a really difficult play to film - it's involved, often obscure. I felt ...
LAURENCE OLIVIER

Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms...
LAURENCE OLIVIER

We're quite confident now that the (Kyoto) protocol is saved.
OLIVIER DELEUZE

Stephen Tennant is the most sparkling talker who ever comes to my house, and perhaps the most amusin...
EDITH OLIVIER

Il n’est pire exil que celui du coeur
OLIVIER WEBER

It takes wearing your heart on your sleeve to a whole new level.
MARC OLIVIER

You wouldn't let a salesman in, but the message was allowed in through the radio.
MARC OLIVIER

The one who has the remote has the power.
MARC OLIVIER

I can't say enough about what's she's done for this conference. I've always looked up to her. She wa...
KATHY OLIVIER

Life on the road, it's not fun in the Pac-10. We're out of sync right now and Stanford is playing we...
KATHY OLIVIER

Noelle does so many positive things. She's a young lady who just acts like a champion, during good t...
KATHY OLIVIER

Lisa is playing the best I've ever seen her play. She's doing that by taking better shots, and her s...
KATHY OLIVIER

Those kids don't play like freshmen. They want the ball and don't shy away from contact.
KATHY OLIVIER

Brooke is a force inside and we didn't feel like single-coverage was going to do the job. In the fir...
KATHY OLIVIER

I don't think they are vulnerable at all. We were out of sync today and Stanford looked very comfort...
KATHY OLIVIER

Brooke is a force inside. We didn't feel like single coverage would do the job.
KATHY OLIVIER

Brooke is a force inside. We didn't feel like single coverage would do the job. She didn't get that ...
KATHY OLIVIER

I have a very offensive-minded team. They light up when they make that pass, and they light up when ...
KATHY OLIVIER

The moment of truth is approaching.
OLIVIER DELEUZE

The drop in industrial capital goods is a disappointment - I hope it's just an accident.
OLIVIER GASNIER

Thirty years ago, you joined the Maoists, the Trotskyists, the far left, the Baader group, Action Di...
OLIVIER ROY

He was just too good. If you are going to beat him, you have to beat him in the first round. He gets...
OLIVIER ROCHUS

Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it th...
LAURENCE OLIVIER

I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

Cubanas are very strong women. So don't mess with us - don't take us for granted!
NATALIE MARTINEZ

I think the last game console I had was Super Nintendo. I remember once I played the Sega Genesis. B...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

I like to play 'Battleship,' and I also like 'Wordle' on iPhone. These are good thin...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

My favorite car is a '69 Barracuda.
NATALIE MARTINEZ

I was a huge 'Street Fighter' fan, and I actually still am. The only game I really was good ...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

My family lives in Miami, and I always envision myself, if something happens, it'd be like '...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

I make a bomb vaca frita. It's like a flank steak like with the ropa vieja, but it's fried w...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

The thing with Stephen King is that everyone dies, and everyone comes back to life. So you never kno...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

I love meat - I'm Cuban; I grew up eating meat, platanos, and arroz con pollo. I don't belie...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

You're going to a bunch of auditions, and most of the time you're just getting denied, but j...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.
NATALIE MARTINEZ

I do eat what I want. I love meat - I'm Cuban: I grew up eating meat, platanos, and arroz con po...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

I love boxing, MMA, and hiking with my dog. I work out 3 times a week, and on my off days, I do yoga...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman.
NATALIE MARTINEZ

I have to represent. I feel proud to have a culture that's different... and proud to be a Latina...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

'Dance Dance Revolution.' That's a lot of fun when you're having a dinner party and ...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

Needless to say we had nothing to do with that. We are wondering who did it.
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

These numbers are not important to us because Republican voters focus on principle, not public polls...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

When you subtract the million dollars Charlie Crist raised from the biggest casino owner on the East...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

I even like Taco Bell. I love the beef burrito supreme. I don't like their tacos, but I'll go there ...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

I think this is important to the community. It is hard for us to go to the landfill through the week...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

That we have the organization to do it. That's what this tour is about: proving there is no front-ru...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

Waiting six hours to get one bag of ice and six bottles of water is not a good thing.
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

We're way ahead of schedule in terms of staff, in terms of events held, and in terms of money raised...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

The overriding theme of these numbers is that these guys are pretty much tied, and will likely stay ...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

To us it's not important where the other guy is. It's important where we are and what our internal g...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

I offered early on - I think I was governor about a month when I met President Obama - and said, ...
SUSANA MARTINEZ

Nevada is a perfect testing ground for a candidate, given its diversity.
ADRIANA MARTINEZ

This is definitely a competitive process.
ADRIANA MARTINEZ

I think we're the perfect recipe to be an early caucus state.
ADRIANA MARTINEZ

We are a service-oriented state and immigrant labor has been good for gaming and construction.
ADRIANA MARTINEZ

We can't have the entire city go residential.
ADRIANA MARTINEZ

Oh, come on now; I can't give you an estimate.
ADRIANA MARTINEZ

I think we have a great chance.
ADRIANA MARTINEZ

There is always a pressing need for blood at all of the local hospitals.
ALEX MARTINEZ

I wanted to go to a Christian school because I want to be a preacher. I'll be able to do what I want...
ALEX MARTINEZ

I know what's going on and it isn't right. I've always been told to stand up for what you believe in...
ALEX MARTINEZ

It was where the first NAACP meetings were held.
ALEX MARTINEZ

It's shortsighted not to view the education of a future generation of Americans as a priority fo...
MEL MARTINEZ

I don't want to be typecast as the 'ambient guy' or someone who only does electronic sco...
CLIFF MARTINEZ

I wanted to deliver babies and become a midwife. I think childbirth is one of the most amazing thing...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

My parents grew that small business from one 18-year-old guarding a bingo to more than 125 employees...
SUSANA MARTINEZ

As the first Hispanic female governor in history, little girls often come up to me in the grocery st...
SUSANA MARTINEZ

We haven't gotten the full impact ? maybe when the body comes.
BEN MARTINEZ

We're beside ourselves ? all of us are stunned. We can't comprehend what happened. It won't sink in.
BEN MARTINEZ

They went to look for work. It's not easy to find a good job around here.
BEN MARTINEZ

It surprised me to see them leave to do migrant work, knowing that we did all that, trying to get aw...
BEN MARTINEZ

I also depart from this portion of my life with a great sense of pride having played an integral par...
BEN MARTINEZ

I thought a plane had crashed into the place. It was a real loud bang, like an explosion.
BEN MARTINEZ

I went to law school. And I became a prosecutor. I took on a specialty that very few choose to pursu...
SUSANA MARTINEZ

He played better the entire game, but it's not bad to lose because you learn a lot.
ANDRES MARTINEZ

That is her angel. She always seems to make the goals with the tough angles.
ANDRES MARTINEZ

I just think about performing. Whatever I do in practice, I just do it on the court and just let it ...
ANDRES MARTINEZ

I thought, 'I can play with all those guys,' and my confidence just went up. I guess that was pretty...
ANDRES MARTINEZ

I had no idea what to expect when we did Ladies' Night. I didn't think it was going to get nominated...
ANGIE MARTINEZ

I had a lot of respect for Biggie, and it was just a weird, kinda difficult thing. When I'm doing to...
ANGIE MARTINEZ

I am going to do as much as I can do, because I hate to do anything and not give my all.
ANGIE MARTINEZ

Every weekend we've been trying to go out of town, to let people know about this album. I've been tr...
ANGIE MARTINEZ

In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me.

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In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me.

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