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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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" I know many beautiful people and their lives are just so terrible. They feel so uncomfortable with themselves. Being comfortable is not about what you look like, but how you feel. "

Monica Bellucci

You

Feel

Beautiful

" 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. "

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

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

" I am an agnostic, even though I respect and am interested in all religions. If there's something I believe in, it's a mysterious energy; the one that fills the oceans during tides, the one that unites nature and beings. "

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

" People assume I work hard on my body, but I honestly don't. "

" 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. "

" I have no idea how I'm perceived in America because I don't live the reality of America. "

" 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. "

" The single woman is a free woman, and being single does not mean being alone - it means being free to have a relationship or not. This can be scary, but it's also very interesting. "

" I have a lot of adrenaline. I have a naturally fast system. But I love to eat, and I am not skinny. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

Children

Work

" I'm not someone that wants to control everything. I like to work with people that bring their talents to the project. So I like it when the makeup artist has a chance to do their work, when the dresser does their work, when the director does their work. They all come with stories and ideas to think about. "

" I'm a European, and I live there. I work in European films, and then once in a while, I make an American movie. "

" 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.' "

" 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?' "

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

" When I eat with my friends, it is a moment of real pleasure, when I really enjoy my life. "

" 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. "

Monica Bellucci

Character

Deep

" I live in Paris but I feel I am a daughter of Europe. "

" When you see a silent movie, you understand everything that's going on from the images because the images are so strong. "

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

" 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. "

" When a relationship doesn't work anymore, it's terrible to stay with someone that you don't love. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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! "