The best way to keep young is to keep going in whatever it is that keeps you going. With me that's work, and a lot of it. And when a job is finished, relax and have fun.

If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.

I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It chose me.

I don't think anyone has the right to intrude in your life, but they do. I would like people to separate the actress and the woman.

The first time an autograph hunter told me, 'You are my mother's favorite actress,' I aged twenty years.

Just give the Italians a chance for drama and they take it with both hands.

Give me an hour and I'll make a lifetime out of it.