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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. "

Monica Bellucci

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" 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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" 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. "

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" I don't stress myself about my looks. I love to laugh. I like being able to lead an interesting life. "

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" I don't work all the time. That's why I waited to have children until I was ready for that. I try to organise my time according to them because they need me. I don't want to put my work first anymore because it's not as important as my children. "

Monica Bellucci

" 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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" To be a lawyer was too boring for me, for my personality. "

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" 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. "

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

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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. "

Monica Bellucci

" I wanted to do 'Matrix' because when I saw the first one, I was in Paris, and I came out from the movie and said, 'Wow - I've never seen something like that; it's so incredible.' "

Monica Bellucci

" 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

" 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. "

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" I'm not someone who wakes up at 6 A.M. to go to the gym. "

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" When I make an American movie it's going to come out all over the world-it doesn't happen the same way for an Italian film or a French film. "

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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

" I believe that time destroys everything. You can take one beautiful apple, red. After a while, it becomes shrivelled and full of worms, just like what happens to us. "

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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. "

Monica Bellucci

" We all need illusions. That's why we love movies. "

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

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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. "

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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" 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. "

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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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" 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 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. "

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

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" We should not be worried about age when it comes to love and attraction. "

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

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