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" British people don't express when they are in pain. They don't think it's elegant. "
Monica Bellucci
British
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" I don't stress myself about my looks. I love to laugh. I like being able to lead an interesting life. "
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" I'm a lucky person because I've been loved a lot. I have a great family. "
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" Envy is human nature. "
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" I wanted to do 'Matrix' because when I saw the first one, I was in Paris, and I came out from the movie and said, 'Wow - I've never seen something like that; it's so incredible.' "
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" To be a lawyer was too boring for me, for my personality. "
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" Just a touch of eyeliner and red lips is glamorous. "
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" After a while in marriage, it doesn't work anymore. There is something missing, there is something wrong. There are few marriages that stay alive forever. We like something, and after a while, we hate what we used to love. "
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" There is this thing in America where actresses reach 40 and go mad. The film industry wants all these young people. "
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" Sometimes when we think about femininity, we think also fragile. But I think you can be feminine and very strong. I think make-up goes with that femininity. I think it's a natural gesture for women and one they do more for themselves than for others. "
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" When I eat with my friends, it is a moment of real pleasure, when I really enjoy my life. "
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" When you see a silent movie, you understand everything that's going on from the images because the images are so strong. "
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" I speak a little Portuguese, but my daughter speaks it better than me. I always feel that Italy is my home, but it is important for my husband that we also live in France. Sometimes we live as a family all together, but as we are two working actors, sometimes we have to be apart. Sometimes I'm shooting a movie; sometimes he is. "
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" We had a moment in the '40s and '50s, where female characters were very strong in film, where these incredible roles were written for women like Joan Crawford, like Bette Davis. But then there was a space of time where - I don't know why - it wasn't like that. It became difficult for women to find certain roles after a certain age. "
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" The most important thing with children is to give them your time. Actually, that's all that matters. "
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" If you believe what you are on the red carpet, then you would have to go see a doctor, and there are so many actors like that. You have to know very well this is a moment of glamour, and when I go back home, I don't have the airbrush, and I have dark circles because I don't have the make-up on. "
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" Sometimes I've done small parts, like with Spike Lee, but it doesn't matter because you want to work with the director. "
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" I'm not someone that wants to control everything. I like to work with people that bring their talents to the project. So I like it when the makeup artist has a chance to do their work, when the dresser does their work, when the director does their work. They all come with stories and ideas to think about. "
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" I live in Paris but I feel I am a daughter of Europe. "
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" An actor works with their soul and their thought. "
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" I went to a modeling agency and said I wanted to be a model. I worked, worked, worked so much while I was studying. "
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" When someone is suffering, you have to see this in the body and the face. I say all the time that actors use their bodies like objects of war. "
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" I always wanted children late; I had my first daughter at 39 and the second at 45. "
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" When I did 'The Passion,' nobody believed in the movie. Everybody was telling me, 'You shouldn't do this movie... But I wanted to play Mary Magdalene. I thought that I could do something strong and deep with this character. "
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" I grew up in Perugia, Umbria, in a world outside of fashion, so I didn't learn about it until I was older and moved away. In Milan, the women are really into fashion, and all the big fashion brands are based there, but I don't think they feel pressure to look good all the time. "
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" I like when I have to act and direct; then, when you have to dub, you're by yourself in front of the wall, and I'm always scared that you're not good like when you are in real when you act. "
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" Truly, I am a woman of the last minute. When I was pregnant, I organised three different hospitals because I couldn't decide where I wanted to have my baby: London, Rome or Paris. In the end, I decided to go to Rome, arrived on the Monday and gave birth on the Saturday. "
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