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

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

Time destroys everything. — Monica Bellucci

I believe that time destroys everything. You can take one beautiful apple, red. After a while, it becomes shrivelled and full of worms, just like what happens to us. — Monica Bellucci

The most important thing with children is to give them your time. Actually, that’s all that matters. — Monica Bellucci

When someone is suffering, you have to see this in the body and the face. I say all the time that actors use their bodies like objects of war. — Monica Bellucci

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

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

We all need illusions. That’s why we love movies. — Monica Bellucci

We should not be worried about age when it comes to love and attraction. — Monica Bellucci

My career, at the moment, is very exciting, but love comes first because it balances me. — 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

I am certainly Italian in my love of food! I eat everything, but I love Italian food most of all. Even my daughter does. Her favourite food is pasta and parmigiana. — 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

When a relationship doesn’t work anymore, it’s terrible to stay with someone that you don’t love. — Monica Bellucci

Love does not go away, it changes. — Monica Bellucci

I’m a lucky person because I’ve been loved a lot. I have a great family. — Monica Bellucci

I love jewelry–gold and diamonds. I’m a woman. — Monica Bellucci

After love, the man sleeps, while the woman reflects. — Monica Bellucci

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. — Monica Bellucci

I’m a true woman, not a Bond girl. That’s why I say all the time, ‘James Bond lady,’ ‘James Bond woman.’ — 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

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. — Monica Bellucci

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

I was very shy as a girl. Absurdly shy, even. Maybe because I was an only child. And I think that’s why I’m so happy to have two kids now. — Monica Bellucci

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. — Monica Bellucci

When you’re in front of the camera, for a small budget or a big budget movie, there’s no difference. — Monica Bellucci

When you see a silent movie, you understand everything that’s going on from the images because the images are so strong. — Monica Bellucci

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

When I make an American movie it’s going to come out all over the world–it doesn’t happen the same way for an Italian film or a French film. — Monica Bellucci

I like comedies, I like thrillers, I like love stories. Everything is beautiful; it depends if the film is good, who cares? Everything is interesting. — Monica Bellucci

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?’ — Monica Bellucci

There is this thing in america where actresses reach 40 and go mad. the film industry wants all these young people, true sexiness is in the mind, the imagination––not in the age of the body. — Monica Bellucci