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I don't have goals in life.
I'll always be a foreigner.
Love is based on imagination.
Just being famous feels cheap to me.
Imagination creates some big monsters.
Brave is good - especially when you are a soldier.
I like Paris. My problem is I don't like Parisians.
I like Brad Pitt; I just have nothing to do with him.
I always say I was born too late in the world, too old.
Who knows what happens tomorrow? We'll find it tomorrow.
I don't feel restricted by the language: I feel more free.
Every morning, I can lose myself just by looking at my son.
People sometimes recognize me here, but they are very nice.
I never analyze why I was with one woman instead of another.
I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream.
I was born and raised in a suburb of Paris by a working-class family.
I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great.
But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC.
If you want to be happy, live discreetly. Does that make sense in English?
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.
I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard.
I want just to be happy and peaceful. And that's not always the case when you're married.
It's nice to have some distance with your family. As long as you're closer to them by love.
The big difference with Juliette and the others in that film is that she goes beyond acting.
Sometimes you have to laugh about what gets published; sometimes it's annoying, but in general I don't care.
It’s a matter of time; you adapt to the different culture and different way of life. Human beings are adaptable.
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.
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 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.
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 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 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'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.
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.
Everybody has some talents - we all have an art side and some talent - but you have some areas where you are better than others. My area is acting, I guess. I hope.
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.
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.
There are two smells that I can recognize right away. The smell of the boxing ring and the smell of a garage. That's where I grew up. I can recognize these places with my eyes closed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.