"I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard."

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"I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard."

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"The only thing we don't do together is get in front of an actor and show any indecision at all about what we think. We don't always agree, so we meet privately, then one or the other will approach the actor."

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"I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor."

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"I see my friends, my family, my cousins work all day long for very little money, and if I have this problem of not being able to wall on the streets, it's not a big deal."

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"If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors."

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"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."

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"But when you work with the director and the real person who is playing opposite you, it changes everything. You are almost in a working session. I was very comfortable, and that's maybe what helped me to get the part."

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"I was born and raised in a suburb of Paris by a working-class family."

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"The first time Adrian saw me was on tape. But you should know that this never works - never in the history of movies has someone been cast from a video."

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"Also, I have found that I really like to work in English. It's very strange because it's exactly the opposite of what I thought it would be like."

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"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."

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"But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC."

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