Without my mother's ambition, her drive, I doubt that on my own I would have pushed myself out of Pozzuoli and into the frightening world that was faraway Rome.

It is very important for an actor or actress to look around at everything and everyone and never forget about real life.

Almost starve, but I don’t starve because I eat very much

If you can learn to use your mind as well as your powder puff, you will become more truly beautiful.

Any woman can look her best if she feels good in her skin. It's not a question of clothes or makeup. It's how she sparkles.

My mother taught me to walk proud and tall 'as if the world was mine.'

I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright.