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.
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.
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.
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.
But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC.
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.
I always say I was born too late in the world, too old.
I am the son of a professional boxer whose family is Spanish from North Africa, so half of my blood is Spanish.
I don't feel restricted by the language: I feel more free.
I don't have goals in life.
I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream.
I have no problems with the fact that people recognize me, I'm very glad about it, but to be a movie star is kind of unreal for me.
I like Brad Pitt; I just have nothing to do with him.
I mean, I didn't even speak English. I was just not interested in coming to America.
I never analyze why I was with one woman instead of another.
I played a scene at the end of my first year, and that's how I was discovered.
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.
I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great.
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.
I want just to be happy and peaceful. And that's not always the case when you're married.
I want to become a great actor, and a great actor needs great parts. It's as simple as that. All the rest is just a part of the process.
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.
I was born and raised in a suburb of Paris by a working-class family.
I was raised in a very traditional and old school way, so I'm not very comfortable with these kinds of love scenes on the screen.
I'll always be a foreigner.
I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard.
I'm working on my English because, as you can hear, I have a really terrible accent.
I've been here since the filming of Unfaithful. Most of the time I am in Los Angeles.
I've turned down a lot of movies.
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.
If you want to be happy, live discreetly. Does that make sense in English?
Imagination creates some big monsters.
It was not actually a big problem. It became complicated for me to walk on the streets, but as I said, I come from the working class.
It's like all the signs were telling me that I shouldn't be a boxer, so I quit.
It's nice to have some distance with your family. As long as you're closer to them by love.
It's not only imagination, it's the distortion of the vision. You suddenly think, This person is idealistic, this person is strong, this person has dreams, when you know better most of the time. You put what you want to see on people.
Love is based on imagination.
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.
My goal is just - and I know it seems very cliche - to get some interesting parts and make enough money to live free.
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.
People sometimes recognize me here, but they are very nice.
So after the Cuban accent of Before Night Falls and the French accent of Unfaithful, I'm going to do an Italian accent.
The big difference with Juliette and the others in that film is that she goes beyond acting.
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.
Who knows what happens tomorrow? We'll find it tomorrow.
He has a Rhodesian ridgeback named Sheba.
He lives in LA but keeps most of his belongings in his Paris apartment.
He quit boxing after 3 years due to a bad car accident.
Olivier and Kylie Minogue officially split up in early February 2007. Conflicting reports claim Olivier either dumped Kylie over the phone, or she dumped him after he was caught cheating on her yet again.
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