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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. "

Monica Bellucci

Beautiful

Life

Women

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Monica Bellucci

Children

Work

" 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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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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