Monica Bellucci Quotes

People are very passionate in Italy. If you like something, you like something. If you hate something, you hate something. When you hate something, you are screaming.

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

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

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

Time destroys everything.

In Italy, the concept of the family is very important.

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

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.

When I eat with my friends, it is a moment of real pleasure, when I really enjoy my life.

Irreversible is not glamorous at all. I try to do different things because I want to grow as an actress and I like to take risks

I don't feel the need to prove myself to others, but to prove myself to myself

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

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

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.

Being an actress is the sublimation of feminity.

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.

Love does not go away, it changes.

Personally, I find it romantic not to be with someone all the time; you don't get used to someone or take them for granted.

If you have a script that's not great, if you have a great director, you can make a great movie, but if you have a great script with a director who's not good, never are you going to have a good movie.

Envy is human nature.

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

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

We all need illusions. That's why we love movies.

I'm not a movie star. I'm just an actress

Instead of going to the gym, I dress in black - a lot more practical and much more fun.

When you see a silent movie, you understand everything that's going on from the images because the images are so strong.

Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It's very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to play.

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

Beauty becomes alive and interesting when it’s habited.

My career, at the moment, is very exciting, but love comes first because it balances me.

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

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.

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

After love, the man sleeps, while the woman reflects.

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 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

I am an agnostic, even though I respect and am interested in all religions. If there's something I believe in, it's a mysterious energy; the one that fills the oceans during tides, the one that unites nature and beings.

I think the lawyers are such incredible actors. Can you imagine the performance they have to do every day?

Do not hate the people who are jealous because they recognize that you are the best.

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

I didn't have familiarity with children. I'm learning day after day, with her [daughter]. And what impresses me the most is that she, Deva, is an individual person. But in miniature, she seems to be a special effect.

An actor works with their soul and their thought

My body is so important to me... my face, my arms, my legs, my hands, my eyes, everything. I use everything I have.

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

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.

If You want a man to notice you, just wear red lipstick