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" 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

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" 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. "

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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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" 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?' "

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" Because I'm pretty, everybody thinks I'm stupid. But it is like a mask, and you have to break the mask to show that there is something else behind it. You have to show who you are to make the others come to discover you. "

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" 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. "

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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. "

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" 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. "

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" Directors don't call you for your beauty but for your talent. "

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" 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. "

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" If a man sees a woman with red lipstick, he admires her, but often he won't feel like kissing her. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" I love jewelry - gold and diamonds. I'm a woman. "

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" An actor works with their soul and their thought. "

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

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" 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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" 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.' "

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" I love fairy tales because I think that behind fairy tales, there is always a meaning. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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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 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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" In a couple, sometimes, one or both people have to give up their personal life, dreams and ambitions for the good of the family. "

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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. "

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" 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. "

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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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" My body is so important to me... my face, my arms, my legs, my hands, my eyes, everything. I use everything I have. "

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