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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
Work
Youth
Beauty
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" 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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" 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. "
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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. "
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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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Space
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" 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! "
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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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British
Elegant
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" 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. "
Monica Bellucci
Mother
Women
Woman
" A woman has so many facets, and when you create an image, you have to play with all the different moments of your femininity, not just one thing, because everybody can get bored. "
Monica Bellucci
Image
Create
You
" 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
Talk
Me
I Am
" I live in Paris but I feel I am a daughter of Europe. "
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Paris
Live
" There is this thing in America where actresses reach 40 and go mad. The film industry wants all these young people. "
Monica Bellucci
America
Young
People
" I'm not someone who wakes up at 6 A.M. to go to the gym. "
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Someone
Up
Gym
" Directors don't call you for your beauty but for your talent. "
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You
Your
Beauty
" 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
" An actor works with their soul and their thought. "
Monica Bellucci
Actor
Soul
Thought
" 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
Him
Said
Film
" 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
Two
Giving
Going
" I wouldn't want to be 20 again for anything. "
Monica Bellucci
Again
Want
Anything
" Being an actress is the sublimation of feminity. "
Monica Bellucci
Actress
Being
" In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private. "
Monica Bellucci
Process
Explain
Difficult
" 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
Lady
Bond
Girl
" We should not be worried about age when it comes to love and attraction. "
Monica Bellucci
Love
Age
Attraction
" When people divorce, it's always such a tragedy. At the same time, if people stay together it can be even worse. "
Monica Bellucci
Tragedy
Divorce
People
" I went to a modeling agency and said I wanted to be a model. I worked, worked, worked so much while I was studying. "
Monica Bellucci
Said
Model
Modeling
" 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
Life
Sad
Live Life
" 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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Shy
Now
Happy
" 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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Me
Character
Deep
" 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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Life
Play
Stronger
" I come from a Catholic religion, but I'm not Catholic. "
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Catholic
Come
Religion
" 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
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