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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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" 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. "

Monica Bellucci

Women

Think

Strong

" When I'm relaxed, jeans and a shirt are my uniform. "

" I come from a Catholic religion, but I'm not Catholic. "

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

" I like to be in the spotlight once in a while, and then I like to be in the shadows. It's really regenerating. "

Monica Bellucci

Shadows

Once

" When you're in front of the camera, for a small budget or a big budget movie, there's no difference. "

" I went to a modeling agency and said I wanted to be a model. I worked, worked, worked so much while I was studying. "

" I'm a European, and I live there. I work in European films, and then once in a while, I make an American movie. "

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

" When people divorce, it's always such a tragedy. At the same time, if people stay together it can be even worse. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private. "

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

" 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. "

" When a relationship doesn't work anymore, it's terrible to stay with someone that you don't love. "

" 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

I Am

" British people don't express when they are in pain. They don't think it's elegant. "

" 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

Children

Work

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" When I have to go to Cannes, that is boring to me. "

Monica Bellucci

Cannes

" I'm a lucky person because I've been loved a lot. I have a great family. "

" Sometimes it's more difficult to exist as a female lead, especially in action movies because all those men are around you. They take so much place. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" People assume I work hard on my body, but I honestly don't. "

" 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. "

" I wouldn't want to be 20 again for anything. "