Monica Bellucci Quotes

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.

~ Monica Bellucci

In a couple, sometimes, one or both people have to give up their personal life, dreams and ambitions for the good of the family.

~ Monica Bellucci

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.

~ Monica Bellucci

I don't stress myself about my looks. I love to laugh. I like being able to lead an interesting life.

~ Monica Bellucci

Envy is human nature.

~ Monica Bellucci

Beauty is a gift, just like good health or intelligence. The only thing is not to be proud of being beautiful. Because you didn't do anything - it was given to you.

~ Monica Bellucci

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.

~ Monica Bellucci

I'm a lucky person because I've been loved a lot. I have a great family.

~ Monica Bellucci

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.

~ Monica Bellucci

When I eat with my friends, it is a moment of real pleasure, when I really enjoy my life.

~ Monica Bellucci

I come from a Catholic religion, but I'm not Catholic.

~ Monica Bellucci

Lipstick is the most valuable weapon in a woman's make-up kit. It has the power to transform the appearance and mood of the person wearing it, and, at the same time, arouses the admiration of everybody else.

~ Monica Bellucci

When people divorce, it's always such a tragedy. At the same time, if people stay together it can be even worse.

~ Monica Bellucci

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.

~ Monica Bellucci

I've had old people in my life that I really loved - especially women - so I'm not scared about getting old. It's what's inside that makes us beautiful on the outside.

~ Monica Bellucci

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!

~ Monica Bellucci

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.

~ Monica Bellucci

We all need illusions. That's why we love movies.

~ Monica Bellucci

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.

~ Monica Bellucci

After a while in marriage, it doesn't work anymore. There is something missing, there is something wrong. There are few marriages that stay alive forever. We like something, and after a while, we hate what we used to love.

~ Monica Bellucci

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.

~ Monica Bellucci

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.

~ Monica Bellucci

The single woman is a free woman, and being single does not mean being alone - it means being free to have a relationship or not. This can be scary, but it's also very interesting.

~ Monica Bellucci