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" Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It's very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to play. "
Monica Bellucci
Deep
Now
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" 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. "
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I Am
Energy
Nature
" 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
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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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Woman
" 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. "
Monica Bellucci
Real
You
Yourself
" 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
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Now
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" Beauty is a gift, just like good health or intelligence. The only thing is not to be proud of being beautiful. Because you didn't do anything - it was given to you. "
Monica Bellucci
Health
Gift
Beautiful
" I'm not someone who wakes up at 6 A.M. to go to the gym. "
Monica Bellucci
Someone
Up
Gym
" When I have to go to Cannes, that is boring to me. "
Monica Bellucci
Me
Go
Cannes
" 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
War
Time
Body
" 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. "
Monica Bellucci
First
London
City
" When I'm relaxed, jeans and a shirt are my uniform. "
Monica Bellucci
Jeans
Shirt
Relaxed
" I always wear some make-up, even on quiet days when I am not doing so much with my time. I like to start using Dolce & Gabbana Perfect Finish Creamy Foundation as a base, as it's lighter than air and doesn't make me feel 'caked.' "
Monica Bellucci
Foundation
Time
Start
" Time destroys everything. "
Monica Bellucci
Time
Everything
Destroys
" I think we can all be divas, but as an actress, you can't only be the diva; that would be boring. But sometimes, perhaps, it's fun. "
Monica Bellucci
Fun
Sometimes
Boring
" My body is an object of work. That's why I think to be an actor is one of the most violent jobs. If you're a pianist, you have your piano. If you're a guitarist, you have your guitar. But if you're a dancer, or you're an actor - your instrument is your body. "
Monica Bellucci
Guitar
Work
You
" If a man sees a woman with red lipstick, he admires her, but often he won't feel like kissing her. "
Monica Bellucci
Red Lipstick
Man
Lipstick
" 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
" Just a touch of eyeliner and red lips is glamorous. "
Monica Bellucci
Just
Red
Touch
" 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. "
Monica Bellucci
Dark
Home
Red
" 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. "
Monica Bellucci
Him
Director
Great
" 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
First
Said
Because
" I like a movie that brings out many discussions. From my experience, every time I have done movies, they create this kind of situation. Like 'Irreversible,' 'The Passion of the Christ,' 'Malena'; it's so interesting. I like to explore the dark side of humanity. That's why I'm an actor. "
Monica Bellucci
Interesting
Experience
Time
" In a couple, sometimes, one or both people have to give up their personal life, dreams and ambitions for the good of the family. "
Monica Bellucci
Dreams
Good
Life
" 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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Director
You
Great
" I think the lawyers are such incredible actors. Can you imagine the performance they have to do every day? "
Monica Bellucci
Performance
You
Day
" When people divorce, it's always such a tragedy. At the same time, if people stay together it can be even worse. "
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Tragedy
Divorce
People
" I live in Paris but I feel I am a daughter of Europe. "
Monica Bellucci
Daughter
Paris
Live
" I come from a Catholic religion, but I'm not Catholic. "
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Catholic
Come
Religion
" Men have the power in everything: journalism, acting, direction; in banks, finances, schools. All the laws are made by men. Men think that women, when they're not able to procreate any more, become old. That is not true - they are still amazing! "
Monica Bellucci
Amazing
Men
Power
" Lipstick is the most valuable weapon in a woman's make-up kit. It has the power to transform the appearance and mood of the person wearing it, and, at the same time, arouses the admiration of everybody else. "
Monica Bellucci
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Lipstick