Quotes from Monica Bellucci

I love fairy tales because I think that behind fairy tales, there is always a meaning.

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.

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.

Do you know who I would love to play? Morticia Addams - then I could use all that darkness to be funny.

I always wanted children late; I had my first daughter at 39 and the second at 45.

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

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.

In so many places in the world, women have been prisoners for so long that they feel they have to scream about their rights. But when you scream, nobody listens to you. Real authority comes when you no longer need to scream - and that's something we women still need to learn.

In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private.

I think we can all be divas, but as an actress, you can't only be the diva; that would be boring. But sometimes, perhaps, it's fun.

Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It's very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to play.

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

There is this thing in America where actresses reach 40 and go mad. The film industry wants all these young people.

I feel fine and comfortable with myself, but not because I'm beautiful.

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

I always wear some make-up, even on quiet days when I am not doing so much with my time. I like to start using Dolce & Gabbana Perfect Finish Creamy Foundation as a base, as it's lighter than air and doesn't make me feel 'caked.'

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.

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.

A woman has so many facets, and when you create an image, you have to play with all the different moments of your femininity, not just one thing, because everybody can get bored.

It doesn't surprise me that men in their twenties and thirties are often looking for a much older woman. What is the problem with a man of 30 being with a woman of 50? It is a matter of energy and the soul, not a matter of age of the body.

If a man sees a woman with red lipstick, he admires her, but often he won't feel like kissing her.

I love jewelry - gold and diamonds. I'm a woman.

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.