A biography for Olivier Martinezhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“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.”
“I played a scene at the end of my first year, and that's how I was discovered.”
“My son will be an American, but I remain French.”
“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.”
“I never analyze why I was with one woman instead of another.”
“People sometimes recognize me here, but they are very nice.”
“Just being famous feels cheap to me.”
“I always say I was born too late in the world, too old.”
“I'll always be a foreigner.”