Italian - Actress | September 30, 1964 -
To be a lawyer was too boring for me, for my personality.
Monica Bellucci
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In the beginning, I didn't know if I was still a model, if I was an actress. I knew I wanted to be an actress, but it was so difficult to be believed.
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My body is so important to me... my face, my arms, my legs, my hands, my eyes, everything. I use everything I have.
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I live in Paris but I feel I am a daughter of Europe.
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There is this thing in America where actresses reach 40 and go mad. The film industry wants all these young people.
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British people don't express when they are in pain. They don't think it's elegant.
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Do you know who I would love to play? Morticia Addams - then I could use all that darkness to be funny.
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Men have the power in everything: journalism, acting, direction; in banks, finances, schools. All the laws are made by men. Men think that women, when they're not able to procreate any more, become old. That is not true - they are still amazing!
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I can't say I'm a Bond girl because I'm too mature to be a Bond girl. I say Bond lady; Bond woman. But I'm proud to be a Bond lady, because actually, Bond is the most amazing man.
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I'm not someone who wakes up at 6 A.M. to go to the gym.
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When someone is suffering, you have to see this in the body and the face. I say all the time that actors use their bodies like objects of war.
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We had a moment in the '40s and '50s, where female characters were very strong in film, where these incredible roles were written for women like Joan Crawford, like Bette Davis. But then there was a space of time where - I don't know why - it wasn't like that. It became difficult for women to find certain roles after a certain age.
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