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" 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
Sad
Live Life
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" In France, they call the beauty of youth 'the evil beauty.' You don't have it because of you but because you're born with it. The other kind of beauty is your own work, and it takes forever. "
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" We had a moment in the '40s and '50s, where female characters were very strong in film, where these incredible roles were written for women like Joan Crawford, like Bette Davis. But then there was a space of time where - I don't know why - it wasn't like that. It became difficult for women to find certain roles after a certain age. "
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" 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. "
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Hate
" 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.' "
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Time
Start
" I'm a European, and I live there. I work in European films, and then once in a while, I make an American movie. "
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" 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. "
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" I speak a little Portuguese, but my daughter speaks it better than me. I always feel that Italy is my home, but it is important for my husband that we also live in France. Sometimes we live as a family all together, but as we are two working actors, sometimes we have to be apart. Sometimes I'm shooting a movie; sometimes he is. "
Monica Bellucci
Daughter
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Live
" I love fairy tales because I think that behind fairy tales, there is always a meaning. "
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" We all need illusions. That's why we love movies. "
Monica Bellucci
Illusions
Movies
Need
" 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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First
Said
Because
" When a relationship doesn't work anymore, it's terrible to stay with someone that you don't love. "
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Work
Someone
" When I eat with my friends, it is a moment of real pleasure, when I really enjoy my life. "
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Life
My Life
Friends
" I believe that time destroys everything. You can take one beautiful apple, red. After a while, it becomes shrivelled and full of worms, just like what happens to us. "
Monica Bellucci
Red
Apple
Beautiful
" 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. "
Monica Bellucci
Situation
Who
Christ
" When you're in front of the camera, for a small budget or a big budget movie, there's no difference. "
Monica Bellucci
Difference
Budget
You
" I like to be in the spotlight once in a while, and then I like to be in the shadows. It's really regenerating. "
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Shadows
Like
Once
" I'm not someone who wakes up at 6 A.M. to go to the gym. "
Monica Bellucci
Someone
Up
Gym
" 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
" British people don't express when they are in pain. They don't think it's elegant. "
Monica Bellucci
British
Elegant
Pain
" I know many beautiful people and their lives are just so terrible. They feel so uncomfortable with themselves. Being comfortable is not about what you look like, but how you feel. "
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You
Feel
Beautiful
" When I have to go to Cannes, that is boring to me. "
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Me
Go
Cannes
" 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
" People assume I work hard on my body, but I honestly don't. "
Monica Bellucci
Body
Work Hard
Work
" 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. "
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Way
Same
American
" 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
" 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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Baby
I Am
Woman
" I'm a lucky person because I've been loved a lot. I have a great family. "
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Loved
Person
Family
" 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. "
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Live
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New York
" Sometimes when we think about femininity, we think also fragile. But I think you can be feminine and very strong. I think make-up goes with that femininity. I think it's a natural gesture for women and one they do more for themselves than for others. "
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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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