A biography for Monica Belluccihasn’t been written yet.
“I feel fine and comfortable with myself, but not because I'm beautiful.”
“When I first met Sam Mendes, I was a bit confused and said to him, 'I'm 50 years old. What am I going to do at 50 in a Bond film?'”
“In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private.”
“האינטליגנציה האנושית התקדמה ברמה הטכנולוגית; לא ברמת הרגשות.”
“בתור אירופאית, אני צריכה להישאר באירופה ואני עושה סרטים איטלקיים, סרטים צרפתיים. ואז לבוא לאמריקה זה משהו מעניין עבורי.”
“אני גרה בפריז אבל מרגישה שאני בת של אירופה.”
“הגוף שלי כל כך חשוב לי... הפנים שלי, הידיים שלי, הרגליים שלי, הידיים שלי, העיניים שלי, הכול. אני משתמשת בכל מה שיש לי.”
“אני לא מפחדת מעירום, כי מבחינתי אין דבר יותר יפה מגוף האדם.”
“להיות שחקנית זו ההאצלה של הנשיות.”
“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.”
“Mel is a great director because he's not just a director, he's an actor, so he knows how to direct actors. I loved working with him. He's great as a director. He's so intelligent. He's generous. I really loved him.”
“Envy is human nature.”
“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.”
“Listen, I had two kids - one when I was 40, one when I was 45. I breastfed for one year, which means I was breastfeeding four years ago. I'm going to move from giving birth to menopause without really realising.”
“Wherever I go, I am Italian. The way I talk, the way I eat, the way femininity is important to me. The way I love Italian food.”
“When you see a silent movie, you understand everything that's going on from the images because the images are so strong.”
“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.”
“I don't know Hollywood very well. I've never lived in Los Angeles or New York. But what I can see in Paris, where I live, is that actresses like Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Charlotte Rampling, still get the chance to play strong, sexy roles even though they're not 20.”
“Everybody does what she needs. And if you want plastic surgery, and then you feel better, why not? There is no law. I've nothing against using something to help your beauty - but do it in a good way, with intelligence.”
“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.”