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" Time destroys everything. "
Monica Bellucci
Time
Everything
Destroys
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" 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
" 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
" 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! "
Monica Bellucci
Child
Fast
Slow
" 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. "
Monica Bellucci
Two
Giving
Going
" 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
" After a while in marriage, it doesn't work anymore. There is something missing, there is something wrong. There are few marriages that stay alive forever. We like something, and after a while, we hate what we used to love. "
Monica Bellucci
Alive
Marriage
Hate
" 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 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. "
Monica Bellucci
Director
You
Great
" Envy is human nature. "
Monica Bellucci
Human Nature
Envy
Human
" 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. "
Monica Bellucci
Way
Same
American
" 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
" I come from a Catholic religion, but I'm not Catholic. "
Monica Bellucci
Catholic
Come
Religion
" 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
" When I have to go to Cannes, that is boring to me. "
Monica Bellucci
Me
Go
Cannes
" 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
" It doesn't surprise me that men in their twenties and thirties are often looking for a much older woman. What is the problem with a man of 30 being with a woman of 50? It is a matter of energy and the soul, not a matter of age of the body. "
Monica Bellucci
Looking
Age
Woman
" When you're in front of the camera, you have to try to create different emotions because even the person making pictures of you needs inspiration. To be 'you' means nothing - you can be so many yous. "
Monica Bellucci
You
Pictures
Emotions
" 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. "
Monica Bellucci
Being Alone
Alone
Woman
" 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
" 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
" 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
Shy
Now
Happy
" I feel fine and comfortable with myself, but not because I'm beautiful. "
Monica Bellucci
Beautiful
Myself
Feel
" 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
" My body is very shaped, and I like to be simple. I don't like to use so many colors. My best colors are black, white and blue. "
Monica Bellucci
Best
Simple
Blue
" I do acupuncture. Because it really helps. It is the opposite of Botox. Botox blocks, and acupuncture moves. "
Monica Bellucci
Opposite
Because
Acupuncture
" 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
" When you see a silent movie, you understand everything that's going on from the images because the images are so strong. "
Monica Bellucci
Silent
Understand
You
" I'm a European, and I live there. I work in European films, and then once in a while, I make an American movie. "
Monica Bellucci
Movie
Work
Then
" To be a lawyer was too boring for me, for my personality. "
Monica Bellucci
Me
Too
Boring
" I always wanted children late; I had my first daughter at 39 and the second at 45. "
Monica Bellucci
Daughter
Late
Children