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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. "

Monica Bellucci

Real

You

Yourself

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" I know very well the difference between my image and who 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! "

" I like to be in the spotlight once in a while, and then I like to be in the shadows. It's really regenerating. "

Monica Bellucci

Shadows

Once

" In the beginning, I didn't know if I was still a model, if I was an actress. I knew I wanted to be an actress, but it was so difficult to be believed. "

" Being an actress is the sublimation of feminity. "

Monica Bellucci

Actress

Being

" 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.' "

" I've had old people in my life that I really loved - especially women - so I'm not scared about getting old. It's what's inside that makes us beautiful on the outside. "

" 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. "

" We should not be worried about age when it comes to love and attraction. "

" I can't say I'm a Bond girl because I'm too mature to be a Bond girl. I say Bond lady; Bond woman. But I'm proud to be a Bond lady, because actually, Bond is the most amazing man. "

" It's complicated coming from a culture where to be a mother is more important than to have a career. "

" Directors don't call you for your beauty but for your talent. "

" An actor works with their soul and their thought. "

" I like comedies, I like thrillers, I like love stories. Everything is beautiful; it depends if the film is good, who cares? Everything is interesting. "

" Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It's very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to play. "

" Irreversible is not glamorous at all. I try to do different things because I want to grow as an actress and I like to take risks. "

Monica Bellucci

Different

Grow

" In so many places in the world, women have been prisoners for so long that they feel they have to scream about their rights. But when you scream, nobody listens to you. Real authority comes when you no longer need to scream - and that's something we women still need to learn. "

" 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. "

" There is this thing in America where actresses reach 40 and go mad. The film industry wants all these young people. "

" 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. "

" I'm a European, and I live there. I work in European films, and then once in a while, I make an American movie. "

" I think the person creates the artist. And I think when you get lost within your person, your artistry get lost, too. It's like in 'Birdman.' Because the artist inside you is attached to your soul. And when you're not attached to yourself anymore, the soul goes away. You can't let that happen. "

" When you see a silent movie, you understand everything that's going on from the images because the images are so strong. "

" I live in Paris but I feel I am a daughter of Europe. "

" When I have to go to Cannes, that is boring to me. "

Monica Bellucci

Cannes

" When a relationship doesn't work anymore, it's terrible to stay with someone that you don't love. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm not someone who wakes up at 6 A.M. to go to the gym. "

Monica Bellucci

Someone

Gym