As far as beauty is concerned, in order to be confident we must accept that the way we look and feel is our own responsibility.

It's necessary to have an energy that carries you forward. You need the will to live, to have a great curiosity. To look for the best in life, to find new interests.

Sex appeal is 50% what you've got and 50% what people think you've got.

Good food is a celebration of life.

[William] Klein has eyes like a knife. He is ruthless and outrageous but never mean - he is tender and funny and violent - and, I'm sure, really in love with our crazy Rome.

At this moment, everyone is in crisis, not only in Italy but all over Europe. Only in America do they make films that are successful all over the world. In Europe, production is quite poor. We have three or four or five films, which is not enough.

Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.