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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. "
Monica Bellucci
Movie
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Then
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" 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 speak a little Portuguese, but my daughter speaks it better than me. I always feel that Italy is my home, but it is important for my husband that we also live in France. Sometimes we live as a family all together, but as we are two working actors, sometimes we have to be apart. Sometimes I'm shooting a movie; sometimes he is. "
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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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" People assume I work hard on my body, but I honestly don't. "
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" 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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" 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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" 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. "
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" I come from a Catholic religion, but I'm not Catholic. "
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" I'm a lucky person because I've been loved a lot. I have a great family. "
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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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" Envy is human nature. "
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" To be a lawyer was too boring for me, for my personality. "
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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. "
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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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" I've been working with good directors - the Wachowski brothers, Spike Lee, Terry Gilliam, Mel Gibson... I love American movies, but I love European movies, too, and I want to do both. "
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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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" I wouldn't want to be 20 again for anything. "
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" When you're in front of the camera, for a small budget or a big budget movie, there's no difference. "
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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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" 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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" If a man sees a woman with red lipstick, he admires her, but often he won't feel like kissing her. "
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" When you see a silent movie, you understand everything that's going on from the images because the images are so strong. "
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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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" 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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" I know very well the difference between my image and who I am. "
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" When I did 'The Passion,' nobody believed in the movie. Everybody was telling me, 'You shouldn't do this movie... But I wanted to play Mary Magdalene. I thought that I could do something strong and deep with this character. "
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" What's natural is beautiful, and when you're not you anymore, you become a caricature. "
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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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" British people don't express when they are in pain. They don't think it's elegant. "
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