Olga Konstantynivna Kurylenko[a] (born 14 November 1979), is a Ukrainian-French actress and model.[b]
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.
When you live in a small town in the Ukraine, you definitely want to go to Paris.
With modelling, you provide an image that is fake; with acting you have to provide an image that's real.
I don't know what the misconceptions are, but I approach a small budget, artsy, independent movie in the same way as a big budget, commercial Hollywood movie. I don't get into those [details]. I have to get into my character and I concentrate on that, on the story, on researching, and on certain training if I have to be prepared physically. I think that's the most important thing.
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.
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.
A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
I hate jealousy, I hate possessiveness. I'm nobody's possession.
I don't think there's ever a moment when you can actually say, "I found it. " Even when you think you did, the next moment something happens and it can drift away. It's about the evolution of love and faith. It constantly surprises us.
Having people I love around me - friends and family - is great, but I don't necessarily need a relationship.
I don't like a guy who sits on the couch all day.
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 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.
As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
I like men who paint or write or do something creative.
Music evokes so many feelings in us, memories, nostalgia, things that are connected to our past.
Love and faith are both a search, a process, it doesn't stay the same; it comes and goes. In some people, it's asleep for a long time and then it wakes up as it evolves.
If I hadn't been a model, I couldn't have become a movie actress.
We were born and we die. In between, I think we try to live as best we can.
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.