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" I always wanted children late; I had my first daughter at 39 and the second at 45. "
Monica Bellucci
Daughter
Late
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" People assume I work hard on my body, but I honestly don't. "
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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 have a script that's not great, if you have a great director, you can make a great movie, but if you have a great script with a director who's not good, never are you going to have a good movie. "
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" I wouldn't want to be 20 again for anything. "
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" I love jewelry - gold and diamonds. I'm a woman. "
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" It's not the Jews that killed Christ. It was a political situation, and it was the Romans who killed Jesus. They put Jesus on the cross, not the Jews. "
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" A woman has so many facets, and when you create an image, you have to play with all the different moments of your femininity, not just one thing, because everybody can get bored. "
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" We should not be worried about age when it comes to love and attraction. "
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" Beauty is a gift, just like good health or intelligence. The only thing is not to be proud of being beautiful. Because you didn't do anything - it was given to you. "
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" What's natural is beautiful, and when you're not you anymore, you become a caricature. "
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" British people don't express when they are in pain. They don't think it's elegant. "
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" If I do a role where I have to lose weight, I can do that. I eat meat, fish, vegetables, and I lose it right away. But sometimes I do a role where I have to gain weight, and I can tell you I prefer that. "
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" For me, true beauty has nothing to do with wrinkles and everything to do with the fact that my maternal grandmother raised five children just after the war and remained a fighter throughout her life. True beauty is the slick of red lipstick my paternal grandmother would put on before going to church on Sunday. "
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" I'm not a movie star. I'm just an actress. "
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Just
" Time destroys everything. "
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Everything
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" The first time I was in London, I went to an English greasy spoon to get some breakfast and realised that all the waiters were speaking Italian. That's when it hit me what an international city this is. "
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" I have always loved lipstick. For women, that love comes from our mother and grandmothers. It's so natural for a woman to open up her mirror and apply lipstick. "
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" When a relationship doesn't work anymore, it's terrible to stay with someone that you don't love. "
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" My body is very shaped, and I like to be simple. I don't like to use so many colors. My best colors are black, white and blue. "
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Best
Simple
Blue
" Lipstick is the most valuable weapon in a woman's make-up kit. It has the power to transform the appearance and mood of the person wearing it, and, at the same time, arouses the admiration of everybody else. "
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Appearance
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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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" When people divorce, it's always such a tragedy. At the same time, if people stay together it can be even worse. "
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Tragedy
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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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" Do you know who I would love to play? Morticia Addams - then I could use all that darkness to be funny. "
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" Wherever I go, I am Italian. The way I talk, the way I eat, the way femininity is important to me. The way I love Italian food. "
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Talk
Me
I Am
" I'm Italian; I take my time. We're not really fast. We're very slow. I had my first child at 40, my second child at 45, James Bond at 50. I'm so curious as to what's next! "
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" I think we can all be divas, but as an actress, you can't only be the diva; that would be boring. But sometimes, perhaps, it's fun. "
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Sometimes
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" When I have to go to Cannes, that is boring to me. "
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Go
Cannes
" Usually, I'm only sad when something sad happens. I am not a melancholic person. I like to live very much in the present. If I was an animal, I'd be a little cat. They like to live life. "
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