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" 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. "

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

" I have a lot of adrenaline. I have a naturally fast system. But I love to eat, and I am not skinny. "

" 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! "

" Envy is human nature. "

" 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. "

" For me, true beauty has nothing to do with wrinkles and everything to do with the fact that my maternal grandmother raised five children just after the war and remained a fighter throughout her life. True beauty is the slick of red lipstick my paternal grandmother would put on before going to church on Sunday. "

" Do you know who I would love to play? Morticia Addams - then I could use all that darkness to be funny. "

" Just a touch of eyeliner and red lips is glamorous. "

" I don't stress myself about my looks. I love to laugh. I like being able to lead an interesting life. "

" 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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I do acupuncture. Because it really helps. It is the opposite of Botox. Botox blocks, and acupuncture moves. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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 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

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" There is this thing in America where actresses reach 40 and go mad. The film industry wants all these young people. "

" I have no idea how I'm perceived in America because I don't live the reality of America. "

" 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. "