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" I live in Paris but I feel I am a daughter of Europe. "
Monica Bellucci
Daughter
Paris
Live
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" I am an agnostic, even though I respect and am interested in all religions. If there's something I believe in, it's a mysterious energy; the one that fills the oceans during tides, the one that unites nature and beings. "
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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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" Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It's very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to play. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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" Just a touch of eyeliner and red lips is glamorous. "
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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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" I feel fine and comfortable with myself, but not because I'm beautiful. "
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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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" Listen, I had two kids - one when I was 40, one when I was 45. I breastfed for one year, which means I was breastfeeding four years ago. I'm going to move from giving birth to menopause without really realising. "
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" I'm not a movie star. I'm just an actress. "
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Just
" I like to do on screen what I'm not in life. In life, I'm much more weak and insecure, and so then you know I like to play characters that are stronger than me. "
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Play
Stronger
" It's complicated coming from a culture where to be a mother is more important than to have a career. "
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Important
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Culture
" Directors don't call you for your beauty but for your talent. "
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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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Children
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Life
" I have a lot of adrenaline. I have a naturally fast system. But I love to eat, and I am not skinny. "
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Skinny
I Am
Eat
" I like to be in the spotlight once in a while, and then I like to be in the shadows. It's really regenerating. "
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Shadows
Like
Once
" British people don't express when they are in pain. They don't think it's elegant. "
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British
Elegant
Pain
" I'm not someone who wakes up at 6 A.M. to go to the gym. "
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" My body is so important to me... my face, my arms, my legs, my hands, my eyes, everything. I use everything I have. "
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" When I first met Sam Mendes, I was a bit confused and said to him, 'I'm 50 years old. What am I going to do at 50 in a Bond film?' "
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" In a couple, sometimes, one or both people have to give up their personal life, dreams and ambitions for the good of the family. "
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" Everybody does what she needs. And if you want plastic surgery, and then you feel better, why not? There is no law. I've nothing against using something to help your beauty - but do it in a good way, with intelligence. "
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Intelligence
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" I'm a European, and I live there. I work in European films, and then once in a while, I make an American movie. "
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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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" The single woman is a free woman, and being single does not mean being alone - it means being free to have a relationship or not. This can be scary, but it's also very interesting. "
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" I know many beautiful people and their lives are just so terrible. They feel so uncomfortable with themselves. Being comfortable is not about what you look like, but how you feel. "
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Feel
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" I don't know Hollywood very well. I've never lived in Los Angeles or New York. But what I can see in Paris, where I live, is that actresses like Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Charlotte Rampling, still get the chance to play strong, sexy roles even though they're not 20. "
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