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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. "

Monica Bellucci

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" I like to do on screen what I'm not in life. In life, I'm much more weak and insecure, and so then you know I like to play characters that are stronger than me. "

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

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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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" 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. "

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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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" 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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" Being an actress is the sublimation of feminity. "

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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. "

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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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" I feel fine and comfortable with myself, but not because I'm beautiful. "

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" 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. "

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" I live in Paris but I feel I am a daughter of Europe. "

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" 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. "

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

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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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" 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. "

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" I grew up in Perugia, Umbria, in a world outside of fashion, so I didn't learn about it until I was older and moved away. In Milan, the women are really into fashion, and all the big fashion brands are based there, but I don't think they feel pressure to look good all the time. "

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

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" I always wanted children late; I had my first daughter at 39 and the second at 45. "

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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 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. "

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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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" 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. "

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" Time destroys everything. "

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

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

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