A biography for Monica Belluccihasn’t been written yet.
“What's natural is beautiful, and when you're not you anymore, you become a caricature.”
“As a woman I am so curious about prostitutes because of the idea that they know men better than you. Also, it's such a strange way to live. But at the same time there are prostitutes who just want to be prostitutes, and this is this woman, nobody pushed her to do it. She's a prostitute because she wants to be a prostitute. It's her philosophy of life.”
“Do you know who I would love to play? Morticia Addams - then I could use all that darkness to be funny.”
“For me, true beauty has nothing to do with wrinkles and everything to do with the fact that my maternal grandmother raised five children just after the war and remained a fighter throughout her life. True beauty is the slick of red lipstick my paternal grandmother would put on before going to church on Sunday.”
“When you're in front of the camera, you have to try to create different emotions because even the person making pictures of you needs inspiration. To be 'you' means nothing - you can be so many yous.”
“I always wanted children late; I had my first daughter at 39 and the second at 45.”
“Sometimes it's more difficult to exist as a female lead, especially in action movies because all those men are around you. They take so much place.”
“My body is an object of work. That's why I think to be an actor is one of the most violent jobs. If you're a pianist, you have your piano. If you're a guitarist, you have your guitar. But if you're a dancer, or you're an actor - your instrument is your body.”
“I am an agnostic, even though I respect and am interested in all religions. If there's something I believe in, it's a mysterious energy; the one that fills the oceans during tides, the one that unites nature and beings.”
“Truly, I am a woman of the last minute. When I was pregnant, I organised three different hospitals because I couldn't decide where I wanted to have my baby: London, Rome or Paris. In the end, I decided to go to Rome, arrived on the Monday and gave birth on the Saturday.”
“Time destroys everything.”
“Personally, I find it romantic not to be with someone all the time; you don't get used to someone or take them for granted.”
“When people divorce, it's always such a tragedy. At the same time, if people stay together it can be even worse.”
“Sometimes when we think about femininity, we think also fragile. But I think you can be feminine and very strong. I think make-up goes with that femininity. I think it's a natural gesture for women and one they do more for themselves than for others.”