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 believe that when things are easy, people stay dormant.
When you grow up without it, you want to have it. It's funny, in America some people say, 'Why do you want to make money so much?' And I say, 'Well, I guess you didn't starve as a kid.'
People say, 'Where do you live?' and I say that theoretically, I live in London, but basically that's just where I go to change my suitcase. Otherwise, I'm always flying somewhere.
I'm very careful. I think about everything. Some people go, 'Oh, I went out and bought something and didn't realise how much it was,' but there's no such thing with me. I always think about the future because I never want to go backwards.
I would never go travelling on my own. Some people like to go backpacking alone, but there's no way I would do that, even if you paid me - I just don't see the point. If I discover something beautiful, for me it's very important to be able to share it with someone and not just see it for myself.
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.
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.'
I was never a model-y model. I was doing it as a job, but people didn't even know I was a model.
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.
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.
Having people I love around me - friends and family - is great, but I don't necessarily need a relationship.
Balconies scare me, and I would never do a shoot on one. I am afraid of heights.
I always try to learn a few words from a new language wherever I go.
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.