Quotes from Sophia Loren

Everything you see I owe to spaghetti

Emancipationen ville være mere troværdig, hvis den ikke så hyppigt blev repræsenteret af kvinder, der har kommet til kort i kærligheden.

La fantasia dell'uomo è l'arma migliore della donna.

[William] Klein has eyes like a knife. He is ruthless and outrageous but never mean - he is tender and funny and violent - and, I'm sure, really in love with our crazy Rome.

I'm a very shy person and I never tried to do theater.

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows. There is no code of conduct to help beginners. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.

I don't go for films that exalt violence. I don't want them in my house. Sometimes my children see them. But nowadays they do it so truthfully and with so much passion that you are shocked.

I am against all war.

Luck assists fortune, you need to catch the moment. Otherwise the opportunity fades.

It's a mistake to think that once you're done with school you need never learn anything new.

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts ... A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.

As far as beauty is concerned, in order to be confident we must accept that the way we look and feel is our own responsibility.

The right hairstyle can make a plain woman beautiful and a beautiful woman unforgettable.

There is no better love potion than a coffee. When a man drinks the coffee made by you he will become forever yours.

There is no greater love potion than regular coffee, brewed his own. When a man tries it, he was not going anywhere.

Men always marry younger girls, but sometimes when a women who's very mature marries a younger man, she's criticized. It needs to be corrected.

I'm a giraffe. I even walk like a giraffe with a long neck and legs. It's a pretty dumb animal, mind you.

Be careful about what you eat because otherwise you get fat! Do you like to be fat? Eat very, very, very little things. Almost starve, but I don't starve, because I eat very much.

No press conference announcing a last film. I'd just steal away. Best way because, if by chance after two or three years something interesting comes up, I would not - like Sinatra - have to say: 'Well, I've thought it over and decided to come back.'

Being beautiful can never hurt, but you have to have more. You have to sparkle, you have to be fun, you have to make your brain work if you have one.

I always try to have a vacation.

Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner.

When I'm walking along in the street, I always feel that around the corner,there is something wonderful waiting for me. That's my attitude.