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" Just a touch of eyeliner and red lips is glamorous. "
Monica Bellucci
Just
Red
Touch
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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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Child
Fast
Slow
" 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
" If I do a role where I have to lose weight, I can do that. I eat meat, fish, vegetables, and I lose it right away. But sometimes I do a role where I have to gain weight, and I can tell you I prefer that. "
Monica Bellucci
Lose
Sometimes
Right
" I have a lot of adrenaline. I have a naturally fast system. But I love to eat, and I am not skinny. "
Monica Bellucci
Skinny
I Am
Eat
" 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
Difficult
Know
Beginning
" 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. "
Monica Bellucci
Artist
Lost
Soul
" 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
Me
Children
Work
" 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
Me
Character
Deep
" The most important thing with children is to give them your time. Actually, that's all that matters. "
Monica Bellucci
Children
Important
Matters
" 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
" 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'm not a movie star. I'm just an actress. "
Monica Bellucci
Movie Star
Movie
Just
" I feel fine and comfortable with myself, but not because I'm beautiful. "
Monica Bellucci
Beautiful
Myself
Feel
" Everybody does what she needs. And if you want plastic surgery, and then you feel better, why not? There is no law. I've nothing against using something to help your beauty - but do it in a good way, with intelligence. "
Monica Bellucci
Intelligence
Help
Good
" 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. "
Monica Bellucci
Life
Play
Stronger
" I can't say I'm a Bond girl because I'm too mature to be a Bond girl. I say Bond lady; Bond woman. But I'm proud to be a Bond lady, because actually, Bond is the most amazing man. "
Monica Bellucci
Woman
Bond
Man
" I'm a lucky person because I've been loved a lot. I have a great family. "
Monica Bellucci
Loved
Person
Family
" I live in Paris but I feel I am a daughter of Europe. "
Monica Bellucci
Daughter
Paris
Live
" Irreversible is not glamorous at all. I try to do different things because I want to grow as an actress and I like to take risks. "
Monica Bellucci
Like
Different
Grow
" Sometimes I've done small parts, like with Spike Lee, but it doesn't matter because you want to work with the director. "
Monica Bellucci
You
Work
Want
" 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
" What's natural is beautiful, and when you're not you anymore, you become a caricature. "
Monica Bellucci
Beautiful
Become
Natural
" I am certainly Italian in my love of food! I eat everything, but I love Italian food most of all. Even my daughter does. Her favourite food is pasta and parmigiana. "
Monica Bellucci
Eat
Food
Love
" 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. "
Monica Bellucci
Good
Want
Movies
" 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. "
Monica Bellucci
Live
Chance
New York
" 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
" I wouldn't want to be 20 again for anything. "
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Again
Want
Anything
" I know very well the difference between my image and who I am. "
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Difference
Know
Well
" 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. "
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Life
Sad
Live Life
" Directors don't call you for your beauty but for your talent. "
Monica Bellucci
You
Your
Beauty