I think life is short, and you can't spend time doing things just to be on set to reassure yourself that people are not going to forget about you.

I have learned that acting is not about beauty.

If kids really made all the parents better, there wouldn't be crazy kids in the world.

I wear a lot of wigs as Jacques Mesrine. He'd wear multiple wigs and take them off one at a time to rob three banks in one hour.

It's now or never. This is simple to say, but then to live like that is not easy at all, I'm sorry. You have to be aware enough so that you can see situations as they pass in front of you and be able to catch the instant, whatever it is. Many times, you just don't see the moment when you were yawning and then it's too late.

I have a huge relationship with Brazil; it's almost a love affair, I would say. And to me, to introduce that specific martial art like capoeira in Hollywood movies was something important to me.

The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.