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" To me, I approach a small-budget, artsy, European movie the same way as a big commercial Hollywood movie. That's the most important thing. Hollywood usually represents this big dream in people's minds, but to me, it's just hard work. "

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Thought

I Am

Friends

" Every one of us, no matter how damaged or abnormal or shut down, we're all looking for love. Every person needs love in this world, but our views on what love is vary enormously. "

" I wasn't, like, this top model; I was quietly doing my work, and when I became an actress, people started doing research, and everybody found out. People dug out photos, and suddenly people became interested - but no one was interested in my photos when I was a model. "

Olga Kurylenko

Work

Top

" When I earnt my first money, I went to a shop and bought jeans and a top. But then I wore them both for such a long time that finally my model agency said, 'You should buy something else!' I was saving the money because it was the first time I'd ever had any. "

" My life is not that glamorous. I actually live a pretty simple life, really. I just work. I don't have time to do all these glamorous things. I just do my thing, just work. "

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

" 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 like men who paint or write or do something creative. "

" I'd love to work with David Lynch. I'm such a big fan. He's a genius. "

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

" I was never a model-y model. I was doing it as a job, but people didn't even know I was a model. "

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

" What I love about sci-fi is that every generation's films are based on what we know at that point in time. We make movies about the future but it's always based on what we have. Then as science grows and we discover new things, so do our ideas. You know? "

" Balconies scare me, and I would never do a shoot on one. I am afraid of heights. "

Olga Kurylenko

Shoot

Afraid

" I grew up in the Ukraine and then I went to Paris in 1996. I went there because there was a modeling agency that invited me there to work so I thought, 'Sure.' "

Olga Kurylenko

Work

Thought

" To tell you the truth, I don't really follow what men wear. Men's fashion is much simpler than women's. It doesn't change as much. "

" We were born and we die. In between, I think we try to live as best we can. "

" I'll never forget the modelling shoot I did in the Bahamas on a pink sand beach at Harbour Island. It felt like I'd just landed in paradise; it was so beautiful. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If a man can make me laugh and stimulate me intellectually, then I wouldn't mind if he was 4 ft. 8 in. with a huge belly. The only thing that would put me off is bad breath - but even that can be fixed. A bad personality isn't so easy to fix. "

Olga Kurylenko

Mind

Personality

" 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. "

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

" All I want to do is a rom-com, but you know, people see me as an action person because the first movie that was seen by a lot of the public would be 'Hitman.' "

Olga Kurylenko

People

You

" 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 love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend. "

" 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. "

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

" I love boats. I can be on a boat for days. "

" I never exercise, and I eat everything. "