Olga Kurylenko
Olga Kurylenko
Olga Kostantinivna Kurylenkois a French actress and model. She was discovered as a model at the age of 13 and at the age of 16 moved from Moscow to Paris to pursue a modeling career. Kurylenko started her acting career in 2005. She found success as an actress for her role as Nika Boronina in the movie adaptation of the video game Hitman, and then rose to fame by playing Bond girl Camille Montes in the 22nd James Bond film,...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth14 November 1979
CityBerdiansk, Ukraine
CountryFrance
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.
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.
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.
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.'
You know it's harder to be a girl in this world because we're the weaker sex.
My face changes when I wear make-up; I don't recognise myself.
It is true that women in Paris never put on make-up. It shocked me when I first got there - then I realised how much I liked it.
I was never a model-y model. I was doing it as a job, but people didn't even know I was a model.
Eventually there are going to be chips in brains. Imagine if you could just buy knowledge and download it into your head instead of having to learn it. Like in 'The Matrix.' Imagine all the years saved!
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.
With modelling, you go somewhere for 24 hours and you don't even see the city, you don't talk to people or see the culture.
When you live in a small town in the Ukraine, you definitely want to go to Paris.
When you love someone, you should see beyond their image.
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.