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" I love jewelry - gold and diamonds. I'm a woman. "

Monica Bellucci

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

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" I wouldn't want to be 20 again for anything. "

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" I come from a Catholic religion, but I'm not Catholic. "

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" 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. "

Monica Bellucci

" 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. "

Monica Bellucci

" 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. "

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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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" In France, they call the beauty of youth 'the evil beauty.' You don't have it because of you but because you're born with it. The other kind of beauty is your own work, and it takes forever. "

Monica Bellucci

" Do you know who I would love to play? Morticia Addams - then I could use all that darkness to be funny. "

Monica Bellucci

" 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. "

Monica Bellucci

" My body is an object of work. That's why I think to be an actor is one of the most violent jobs. If you're a pianist, you have your piano. If you're a guitarist, you have your guitar. But if you're a dancer, or you're an actor - your instrument is your body. "

Monica Bellucci

" I always wanted children late; I had my first daughter at 39 and the second at 45. "

Monica Bellucci

" 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

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

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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. "

Monica Bellucci

" I like a movie that brings out many discussions. From my experience, every time I have done movies, they create this kind of situation. Like 'Irreversible,' 'The Passion of the Christ,' 'Malena'; it's so interesting. I like to explore the dark side of humanity. That's why I'm an actor. "

Monica Bellucci

" It doesn't surprise me that men in their twenties and thirties are often looking for a much older woman. What is the problem with a man of 30 being with a woman of 50? It is a matter of energy and the soul, not a matter of age of the body. "

Monica Bellucci

" Mel is a great director because he's not just a director, he's an actor, so he knows how to direct actors. I loved working with him. He's great as a director. He's so intelligent. He's generous. I really loved him. "

Monica Bellucci

" I'm a true woman, not a Bond girl. That's why I say all the time, 'James Bond lady,' 'James Bond woman.' "

Monica Bellucci

" 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. "

Monica Bellucci

" 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. "

Monica Bellucci

" If a man sees a woman with red lipstick, he admires her, but often he won't feel like kissing her. "

Monica Bellucci

" I do acupuncture. Because it really helps. It is the opposite of Botox. Botox blocks, and acupuncture moves. "

Monica Bellucci

" 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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" 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. "

Monica Bellucci

" Sometimes I've done small parts, like with Spike Lee, but it doesn't matter because you want to work with the director. "

Monica Bellucci

" Sometimes it's more difficult to exist as a female lead, especially in action movies because all those men are around you. They take so much place. "

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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. "

Monica Bellucci

" 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

" 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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