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

The fantasy of a man is the best weapon of a woman.

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.

I'm not talking so much about sex - after you've seen sex in a picture, what else can happen - but violence is very bad. People think these are things you are allowed to do. I think they should be forbidden.

I can't bear being seen naked. I'm not exactly a tiny woman. When Sophia Loren is naked, this is a lot of nakedness.

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.

When I'm walking along in the street, I always feel that around the corner,there is something wonderful waiting for me. That's my attitude.