Olga Kurylenko Quotes

Music evokes so many feelings in us, memories, nostalgia, things that are connected to our past.

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

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.

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

No matter how much you try to pretend and force yourself and maybe fight against love and try to forget or be oblivious to it, there's no way to fight it. I think when it's there, it's there.

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

I hate jealousy, I hate possessiveness. I'm nobody's possession.

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 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.

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. They can't just meet a woman and fall in love. And it's women's fault because they allow it.

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.

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

I'm a bit of a romantic. In theory!

I love it when a man cooks; it's one of those points that makes me adore a guy. I think it's so romantic and I feel cared for when a man cooks.

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

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 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 know how addictive videogames are - I have friends who cant get up off the couch because theyre so hooked. They provide these different virtual worlds that you can live in.

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.

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

A lot of movies are made to make us dream.

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

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

I bring spiritual books with me while travelling. I like books about thoughts and how you see the world.

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