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" I love Parisian hotels. I usually stay in either Le Bristol, which is gorgeous, or Hotel Paris Rivoli, which is very French and feels like a step back in time. I also love the luxury of Waldorf Astoria hotels. "

Olga Kurylenko

Love

Time

Step

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First

Never

" Every actor has to move in a Terrence Malick film - that's the requirement. If you stop, he'll tell you, 'No, no, keep moving.' You can't be static. It's a choreography. "

" I don't like the mentality that comes with rich Russian men. Because they have money, they think they can buy a woman - and they do. "

Olga Kurylenko

Think

Men

" I looked for acting classes in Paris just to do something different than modeling. And then one day I just thought, 'Okay, that's enough, I have to start doing something.' I went to the acting agency and I just told them I wanted to act and asked them if they would give me a chance, and they did. "

" I just went to an acting agency one day and just said, 'I would like to act. Would you take me?' And they took me. "

" I did not have a father. It was my mom who chose to be alone. She felt that she would be better off by herself with me after I was born. "

" Hollywood always represents this big dream and fairy tale in people's minds, but to me, it's just hard work. Of course, we play fairy tale on the red carpet. It's all Cinderella. But when the clock strikes midnight, I turn into a gray mouse and I go home, and I take my dress off and it's over. That's Hollywood. "

Olga Kurylenko

Work

Hard Work

" I love badminton. That's my sport! "

" In Paris, everybody is in black! But you know, in Ukraine everyone wears bright colours. "

" Having people I love around me - friends and family - is great, but I don't necessarily need a relationship. "

" I know how addictive videogames are - I have friends who can't get up off the couch because they're so hooked. They provide these different virtual worlds that you can live in. "

" I've seen guys sit the whole day doing nothing, and I hate it when people are unproductive. I don't like a guy who sits on the couch all day. "

" I did a shoot with massive iguanas in Costa Rica when I was modeling back then. They were like little dinosaurs, and they sat right across my arms and by my face. The guy told me not to make any sudden movements because they had enormous claws. The guy said he would rip my skin if he attacked. "

Olga Kurylenko

Back

Face

" If I hadn't been a model, I couldn't have become a movie actress. "

" I always listen to all kinds of different music from different years. I listen to the contemporary, but once in a while into eighties, you know just for fun, and sometimes classical too. So I have this big mix on my i-pod... Amy Winehouse, Gwen Stefani, OutKast, Jay-Z. I listen to trance, pop, everything. It really depends on my mood. "

" America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not? "

" I believe that when things are easy, people stay dormant. "

" Modeling isn't really a tough job. Acting is much harder: so much prep and changing your look and mannerisms. It's a more difficult lifestyle being a model. I traveled all the time. Although, now I wonder, because I travel all the time for acting, too. So they both have their difficulties. "

" I maybe missed money in my childhood, but I didn't miss love, that's for sure. My dad wasn't there, but I can tell you not even once did I think I was missing something. "

" To be a Bond girl you need courage, charm, determination and feistiness. "

" I believe in miracles. At the age of 13, I was on holiday in Moscow with my mother. It was the only trip I took in my whole childhood. We stepped off a metro train and were approached by a talent scout who told me that she wanted to sign me to her modeling agency. "

" I was on the beach every summer. That was the pleasant part of my childhood because we were right by the sea. We'd take a picnic, and I'd spend hours in the water until I turned blue. You couldn't get me out of there. "

Olga Kurylenko

Childhood

Beach

" When you love someone, you should see beyond their image. "

" I always try to learn a few words from a new language wherever I go. "

" Being single is only sad if you have a problem with your own company. I'm content with mine. "

" I just love France, I love French people, I love the French language, I love French food. I love their mentality. I just feel like it's me. I'm very French. "

Olga Kurylenko

Feel

People

" You know it's harder to be a girl in this world because we're the weaker sex. "

" A Bond girl must be a strong and independent woman, but at the same time charming and sensual. Those opposite qualities combined together make her interesting. She must be strong but at the same time feminine. "

" I never exercise, and I eat everything. "