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" I think the lawyers are such incredible actors. Can you imagine the performance they have to do every day? "

Monica Bellucci

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" I feel fine and comfortable with myself, but not because I'm beautiful. "

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" 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. "

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

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" Personally, I find it romantic not to be with someone all the time; you don't get used to someone or take them for granted. "

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" In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private. "

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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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" 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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" 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. "

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" 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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" I was very shy as a girl. Absurdly shy, even. Maybe because I was an only child. And I think that's why I'm so happy to have two kids now. "

Monica Bellucci

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

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" I'm not a movie star. I'm just an actress. "

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

Monica Bellucci

" 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. "

Monica Bellucci

" 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! "

Monica Bellucci

" Men have the power in everything: journalism, acting, direction; in banks, finances, schools. All the laws are made by men. Men think that women, when they're not able to procreate any more, become old. That is not true - they are still amazing! "

Monica Bellucci

" When you're in front of the camera, for a small budget or a big budget movie, there's no difference. "

Monica Bellucci

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

Monica Bellucci

" 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?' "

Monica Bellucci

" 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. "

Monica Bellucci

" 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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" Time destroys everything. "

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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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" 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. "

Monica Bellucci

" When you're in front of the camera, you have to try to create different emotions because even the person making pictures of you needs inspiration. To be 'you' means nothing - you can be so many yous. "

Monica Bellucci

" 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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" 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. "

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