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Monica and Greece

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Monica in Greece in 2003 ( Max real events )

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1 SEPTEMBER 2009
MAGAZINE : PARIS MATCH 2009
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30 MAY 2009
NEWS: CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2009 - DONT LOOK BACK PREMIERE
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28 MARCH 2009
NEWS: CARTIER BOYTIQUE OPENING - CARTIER POLO CUP ( DUBAI )
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Monica in the opening of a new Cartier Boutique in Dubai ( 26 March , 2009 ) and also yesterday Monica attended Cartier Polo Cup. ( 27 March , 2009 ). She looks great...

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6 MARCH 2009
NEWS:WOMEN'S WORLD AWARDS
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Monica in Women's World Awards Gala in Vienna, Austria ( Thursday March 5, 2009)
Gongratulations Monica!

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30 JANUARY 2009
NEWS: PRIX D'AMERIQUE
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Monica was in Paris in 25 January 2009 ! At the 88th prix d'amerique . She looks great as always!

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24 OCTOBER 2008
NEWS: ROME FILM FESTIVAL 2008
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Monica with Vincent in Rome Film Festival. Premiere "L 'Uomo che ama" ( 23 October 2008 )

Monica in Rome Film Festival. Photocall "L'Uomo che ama" ( 23 October 2008 )

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Welcome to ULTIMATE BEAUTY MONICA BELLUCCI. A site made by a Greek with love for the best European actress, Italian star, wonderful, amazing, beautiful Monica Bellucci famous for Malena, Irreversible and more. Here you can find pictures of our lovely Monica, the latest news and more. Enjoy and come back soon.

This site is dedicated with love to Monica Bellucci

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SITE INFORMATION

SITE OPENED: 6 Sept 2007

SITE URL: http://ultimatebeautymonica.wetpaint.com

SITE AWARDS : Celebrity site of the day for 15 December 2007 (csotd.com)

MONICAS' LATEST MOVIES

The private Lives of Pippa Lee ( 2009 )
Ne te retoume pa ( 2008 )
Sangue pazzo ( 2008 )
Train - announced ( 2008 )
Uomo che ama, L' ( 2008 )

MONICA QUOTED

"My body is so important to me... my face, my arms, my legs, my hands, my eyes, everything. I use everything I have."

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OWNER: Nikoss ( male )
LOCATION: Greece
CITY: Thessaloniki
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SITE OPENED: 6 Sept 2007
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SITE AWARDS:Celebrity site of the day for 15 December 2007(csotd.com)

MORE INFO ABOUT THE SITE AND THE OWNER:

I am Greek. I made this site, because i believe that Monica is a great actress.She is gorgeous,talent,with great personality,beautiful.The ultimate beauty. This site is dedicated to her.

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SITE INFORMATION

SITE OPENED: 6 Sept 2007

SITE URL: http://ultimatebeautymonica.wetpaint.com

SITE AWARDS : Celebrity site of the day for 15 December 2007 (csotd.com)

MONICAS' LATEST MOVIES

The private Lives of Pippa Lee ( 2009 )
Ne te retoume pa ( 2008 )
Sangue pazzo ( 2008 )
Train - announced ( 2008 )
Uomo che ama, L' ( 2008 )

MONICA QUOTED

"My body is so important to me... my face, my arms, my legs, my hands, my eyes, everything. I use everything I have.

Interviews

Nikoss — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:59:29 CDT

MONICA TALKS ABOUT "SHOOT EM UP"

How did Michael Davis explain his inspirations for the character?
Actually I didn’t know what was in his mind in the beginning about my character really, because she could have been Italian, French, American, everything. I think that he wanted to bring the emotion in the middle of all of this mess and violence and blood. He wanted the female character to bring just the emotion,because in the end it’s all about love...

Do you think that this role is a role that American actresses wouldn’t take?
I don’t know. When I received the script I thought the character was really, really strong. Okay, there is one sex scene in the movie of course, but there’s much more that you would imagine than what you really see. That’s why the scene is very sensual but nothing more than that.

What were the most difficult scenes to do in the movie SHOOT’EM UP? Well, for me the difficult scene I had to do was the love scene because it’s an action scene at the same time. We had to rehearse and make it looks sexy but it was dangerous.

How long did it take you to film that scene?
I think one day maybe.

In the movie SHOOT’EM UP you are with a baby, taking care of the baby do you draw on any maternal instincts or is it pure fantasy in this?
When you play a mother and you are a mother it’s easier and of course the baby didn’t have any risks in the movie because I’m a mother so I was really careful. Also the baby was on set for just a few minutes because most of the time it was just special effects.

You play such sexy, strong women in many of your films. How do you prepare for that?
I like to do on screen what I’m not in life. In life I’m much more weak and insecure and so then you know I like to play characters that are stronger than me.

How does it feel to be considered one of the most beautiful women in the world?
I’m too old for that.

What leads you to picking the scripts?
I’m in a special situation because I’m Italian and I work in Italy, I work in France, so once in a while I come to America and it’s just a strange situation. When I make choices, it’s by instinct. I read the script and I said I will do that. It’s not my agent because my agent sends scripts and they can say, 'Oh, I like that' but then I say, 'No, I don’t like that.' It’s just my decision.

Are there any kinds of movies you would not want to do?
Horror movies. Anything is possible. 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.

Are you going to let your daughter see all your movies when she grows up?
Yeah, but she’s going to be very old, because I’ve done very difficult movies, very difficult movies when I think about it. This movie, IRREVERSIBLE, THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, all those violent movies, and I’m not violent in life.

9 October 2007

Monica Bellucci: I'm Proud Of My Sexy Curves. By Siobhan Synnot
Real Women Italian Actress Monica Bellucci Has Just Been Announced As The Face Of Cosmetic Giant Dior. Samuel L Jackson Says He's Completely Besotted By Her, Keira Knightley Envies Her Curvy Body And Mel Gibson Surrendered To Her Immediately When She Demanded He Give Her A Part In One Of His Films
WITH her sultry looks, ex-law student's brains and growing worldwide reputation, Monica Bellucci is the closest thing that Italy has to a modern Sophia Loren.
The stunning actress, who posed naked for Vanity Fair while pregnant with her daughter in protest at restrictive new laws in Italy for fertility treatment, admits she has her insecurities about her looks just like ever other woman.
But on the other hand, she says she is proud of her sexy curves and refuses to feel guilty about her body. And she believes playing strong, passionate characters will help women change their opinions of their bodies too.
And she's as vain as the next person. "I'm like you," she said." We are all the same. We all want to be young, beautiful and healthy. Nobody wants to be fat, sick and old."
Samuel L Jackson, who served with her on the Cannes Film Festival jury, is smitten by her looks.
He declared Monica was the only woman who looks gorgeous anytime, anyplace, without even trying.
For now, she says she is too lazy to resort to cosmetic surgery to lift wrinkles. In the future, who knows?
"I don't know how I'm going to be in 10 years," she said.
She hopes her wit will see her through when faced with the ageing dilemma. "When I see old women with wrinkles and they can deal with that in an intelligent way, I like that very much," she said.
"I hope I'll be strong and intelligent enough to deal with that."
Best known in this country for her Hollywood films, which include Tears Of The Sun, The Brothers Grimm and the new action picture Shoot 'Em Up, the vast majority of Monica's work involves French and Italian movies.
Bella in any language, Monica is 42 and shows no signs of giving up her sex siren status. But the Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions star says it's because there's less ageism in Europe than in Hollywood.
"I do think it is more a problem for American actresses," said the former Dolce & Gabbana model.
"It is more a Hollywood than a European obsession. In Europe, we have so many actresses like Charlotte Rampling and Catherine Deneuve and Sophia Loren who still play sexy characters that are their own age.
"In Hollywood, it is so strange. After awhile, even young and beautiful actresses don't work anymore."
Compared to image-conscious US actresses, Monica prefers to be honest to the point of blunt outspokenness. But her straight talking style hasn't held her back - quite the opposite.
The Italian actress asked Mel Gibson outright if she could play the part of Mary Magdalene in The Passion, which he wrote, directed and produced, after finding out he was still looking for an actress to fill the role. Yet acting was not always on the agenda for Monica, who modelled around the world for Elite during the early Nineties.
It was a small role as Dracula's bride in Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula that changed her mind.
"It was just a little part, but I knew it was the beginning of something big for me," she said.
But she's had to pay a price for being Italian. "In the days of Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida, it wasn't so hard," she said.
Back then, the Italian film industry was at its height, its directors and stars internationally renowned.
"Today, if you're Italian and you want to become international, you have to leave Italy," she said. "And that is such a shame because Italians have so much talent and so much to offer."
In 1995, Monica moved to France because she loved the language and felt she could carve a career there.
Ten days after her arrival, she was cast in L'Appartement, which won a Bafta for best foreign language film and garnered Bellucci France's Cesar Award for Most Promising Actress.
But L'Appartement was a turning point in more ways than one. It's also where she met her husband, Vincent Cassel, also a major sex symbol in his home country.
"It was not love at first sight," she said of the Ocean's 12 and 13 star.
"In fact, it was the opposite. I thought, 'This guy is very pretentious. Who does he think he is?' But we got to know each other over time. I realised he was not as he seemed. He put up a public face, like many of us.
"He also told me later: 'I thought you were just a model pretending to be an actress. Then I realised you could act.'"
NOW they may be European cinema's most glamorous married couple - and certainly the most photogenic - with a shared taste for controversy.
They've made eight movies together, the most notable of which was the scandalous rape-revenge drama Irreversible in 2002, a film that deliberately dragged France's golden couple into world of violence and sexual sadism which made some viewers physically ill and has driven many more out of cinemas.
Premiered in Britain at the Edinburgh Film Festival, it became a surprise hit in many parts of Europe.
Less traumatic work together includes The Brotherhood Of The Wolf, Doberman and most recently, a cameo for Monica as a vampire in a film within Vincent's latest film, Sheitan.
A complicated couple, the pair were rumoured to be on the verge of splitting in 2002, but then had a daughter called Deva in 2004.
But while Monica recently moved to London, her husband of 10 years stayed in Paris.
"We have a place in Chelsea and it's where I eel the most relaxed because it can get a little, you know, excited in Paris and Rome," she said.
"Sometimes I have to wear a little disguise to go out," said the star, who admits that her domestic arrangements might seem a little odd, although she and Vincent try to see each other at weekends.
"We don't see each other all the time, but you know," she laughed, "we're actors. It's a special way of life.
"We've both lived like this forever. We don't know anything else.
"Of course, when my baby starts school, many things are going to change because I won't be able travel like I do now."
When Deva is older, her mother says she'll cut back on movies, but she admits it will be a long time before she shows her daughter some of her tougher films.
" I've done very difficult movies when I think about it. Irreversible and The Passion Of The Christ are violent movies and I'm not violent in life."
Monica's current movie is the unapologetically violent adventure Shoot 'Em Up, which stars Clive Owen as a mysterious man named Smith who delivers a baby in the middle of a shoot-out, then rescues the child from dozens of gunmen after the mother dies. And the bullets also fly in a scene where Monica and Clive's lovemaking is interrupted by assassins.
"What I like is that it's violent but at the same time it's sexy and it's funny," smiled Monica. "It wasn't very easy but it's interesting.
"I like to do on screen what I'm not in life. In life, I'm much more weak and insecure and so then you know I like to play characters who are stronger than me."
But sometimes she finds it hard to take herself too seriously, to the point that she held up work on her sex scene with Matt Damon in The Brothers Grimm because she kept giggling.
But Monica is convinced the lighthearted mood helped her relax during the embarrassing scene.
"I just found him so funny. It actually helped though," she said, tossing back her luxurious long black hair.
"When you have loves scenes with someone that you never met before, it's difficult. You have to create a nice situation, a good sensibility.
"With him it was easy. He just made me laugh."
Shoot 'Em Up is in cinemas now.
'We all want to be young, beautiful and healthy. Nobody wants to be fat, sick and old'
'I don't see my husband all the time but we're actors. It's a special way of life. We've lived like this forever'

10 Sept 2007

The Post's Adam McDowell enjoyed lunch with Monica Bellucci on Sunday 10 Sept 2007 Here's his report:
To the average red-blooded North American male, a European actress like Monica Bellucci is as exotic as a 30-foot squid. You might marvel at one in a picture, and if you’re lucky you might even get a chance to see one up close, but to have lunch with one seems too much to hope for.

When Bellucci finally does arrive, an hour behind schedule, a few male reporters stand up; such is the sense of occasion. She’s protecting herself from the unexpected cold by wearing a black pleather trenchcoat over her tight black dress, and keeps it on during lunch.

The attire serves as a reminder of her role as Persephone in the Matrix trilogy, a part that transported her to the alternate universe of Hollywood. The Italian-born Bellucci, who splits her time between Paris, Rome and London, could be described as a quintessential European actress. The film she’s promoting at the Toronto International Film Festival, Le Deuxième souffle, is director Alain Corneau’s revisitation of a classic French film noir; it’s a crime movie only Europeans could have made. At the same time, Bellucci is the female lead in Shoot ’Em Up, a Toronto-shot American actioner. Bellucci is well placed to talk about the difference between the two sides of the pond.
“It’s about money,” she says. “Of course, in America you can do big things in a movie. In Europe, €50-million is a really huge budget, but in America, $100-million is normal. …But when you’re in front of the camera, acting is acting.”
The glam is also turned down a notch in Europe. “If you showed up to a premiere with a limo and everything, people would think you were tacky,” she says.
Though she doesn’t look it, Bellucci will turn 43 this month. As a 40-something actress, her thoughts are turning to the kinds of parts she can expect to be offered in Hollywood.
“What’s beautiful about Europe,” Bellucci says, “is that all these actresses who are between 48 and 60 are given these sexy parts. They have sexy stories, love stories. In America, they are the grandmother, the mother, the aunt. They don’t look at you like a woman anymore.”
Bellucci intends to continue to accept juicy parts as long as she’s offered them. “The stuff that I’ve done is risky,” she says. When Bellucci accepted the role of Mary Magdalene in The Passion of the Christ, she notes, there was no guarantee it would be a success, even with Mel Gibson’s name attached. “The fact is that, at the time, The Passion was a movie nobody wanted to finance. I remember my instinct, even though I knew it was not going to be a blockbuster, was that I wanted to do the movie.”
What drew her to the character of Jesus’ most loyal and ardent female follower was that “she’s real,” Bellucci says. “She’s a human being. I think the character of Mary Magdalene is one who has doubts. As an actress, I wanted to do that.”
One final difference between Bellucci and some American actresses: She doesn’t pretend to survive on Fiji water and attention.
“OK, I’m going to eat something,” she says. She orders a fancified caesar salad and pan-roasted chicken, and says she might eat dessert. How exotic. How European

7-3-2003

1.MONICA TALKS ABOUT IRREVERSIBLE(Interview) 7-3-2003

ACCORDING TO IRREVERSIBLE,TIME DESTROYS EVERYTHING.DO YOU AGREE?

MONICA:"Yeah,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"(in the movie)

WHAT CONCERNS DID YOU HAVE WITH THIS FILM?

MONICA:"I didnt read any script because we didnt have a script.Actually i wanted to work with Gaspar just because he is so talented and because i've seen his first two movies,Carne and i Stand Alone.I thought this guy is crazy but he is so talented.When he wanted to work with me,i was verry happy,i was really thrilled.We started to work with 15 pages of synopsis,nothing else.So,what we did was-you have to be really confident when you work with that.It doesnt happen very often.Never happened to me.So,no script,just i knew the story,and as you can see the camera keeps rolling for 15,20 minutes without cutting.So in some way,it was like working in theatre.What we did, we rehearsed and improvised one day,and we would shoot the next day.So,it was a completely new way for me to work but it was beautiful because in cinema,you never have this opportunity to build up the character.The last scene,when iam with my husband,i have time to wake up and to talk.Then i go into the bathroom and i have the shower and then the pregnacy test and i realize i'm pregnant.When can you do this in a movie?.Never.You have just one minute,then cut,you have to go to another scene.Here you have time,like in the theatre"

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT SHOOTING THE FILM'S VIOLENT SEQUENCES?

MONICA:"In acting process,its very difficult to explain.Its something very intimate,very private and what i did that day,Vincent asked me 'Do you want me to stay on set with you?i said no.So he went to do some surfing in the south of France.I was by myself all day long,in my house.When i arrived on set,it was full,but i rehearsed the scene one day before so i knew very well all the positions because after the rape scene,there are all this violent moments.Those moments are really difficult because if you take something on your head,you are going to die.So, i had to rehearse everything,but how i would shoot the scene,the feelings,i didnt know anything about it.I didnt know what i would have done five minutes before shooting,because its something,i think you have everything inside you.You just have to find it."

IT LOOKED AS IF THE RAPE SCENE TOOK ONE TAKE?

MONICA:"We did six takes.Each take took 15,20 minutes because i have to come out from the house,meet the prostitute,speak with her,go to the tunnel inside,be witness of the fight and then the rape scene.It takes 20 minutes."

TALK ABOUT WORKING WITH YOUR HUSBAND ESPECIALLY WITH THE INTIMATE SCENES.

MONICA:"Vincent was so incredible,so sweet.When we went to Cannes for the film,you know the momment when i come out from the tunnel and we see me for the first time completely with blood all over,he was crying.I said 'Vincent come on'.Its just a movie.We know its no real.But just because its filmed in such a realistic way,it looks almost like a snuff movie.And to work with him for me is amazing.We know each other very well.To have this kind of intimacy with someone that you dont know is much more difficult.To work with your husband,of course we used some aspects of our relationship,but it was just a springboard for inspiration.The rest was acting"

2.MONICA SPEAKS WITH GIORGOS SATSIDIS(GREECE)

Giorgos Satsidis: Why was it Vincent Cassel and not another man that won your heart?
Monica Bellucci: Because I never get bored with him! I also don’t need to explain that much. He absolutely comprehends me.

GS: How does he feel next to a woman who is said to be the ultimate sex symbol by men worldwide?
MB: The way I do being with a man who has thousands of female fans considering him irresistibly sexy. We find ourselves in the same situation. When we first met, we were both already known through the star system game, so that helped a lot simplifying everything.

GS: What is that the world doesn’t know about Monica Bellucci?
MB: You know nothing (laughing)!

GS: Nothing? It cannot be! Monica must have something in common with Malena or Persephone of the Matrix.
MB: No, no, people don’t necessarily know who I am by my films and magazine covers. I am much more out-going than the fatal, sexy, slightly dark woman of the movies. I have a lot of friends of whom I don’t trust just a few. I don’t live within protection bars terrified of perhaps being cheated upon or having my fame exploited. In reality, these are so closely related to each other. If your choices concerning movies fail twice, you will get a hard time convincing people. I suppose the only way to explore the world and have fun is to be open to people, ideas, things evolving around you. Learning comes only through others.

GS: Do you believe in destiny, that things happen at some specific time in our lives for a reason?
MB: I don’t know if I believe, everyday life is full of surprises. A simple phone call can change your whole life. I started out studying Law, went on modeling to earn some money and ended up making movies. I would say I believe more in luck rather than fate. You could be working so hard your entire life –with no important rewards- and all of a sudden, luck shows you up with a great opportunity. You must pluck up the courage to grab it, make the right choice.

GS: Do you consider yourself lucky?
MB: Very much!

GS: What’s the secret about it?
MB: There are plenty. Optimism, love, being in the mood for life and new things. I have always been like this.

GS: Have you been the pretty girl at school?
MB: Yes, I’ve been through that too!
GS: How do you keep yourself fit?
MB: Fit? Jesus, I’m having this constant nightmare of not finding the time to go to the gym. The truth is I’m very lazy. I also love good food – that great pleasure of life. As you can see, I’m not thin. I only lose weight if it is demanded by a role.

GS: How do you get dressed when you are not walking on the red carpet?
MB: I love the Italian fashion in general. Dolce & Gabbana are in fact the designers that discovered me and made me well-known. I owe them a lot. In my everyday life I would wear a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. I’m anything but fanciful.

GS: How does it feel stealing the show with no effort at all?
MB: Has a woman ever told you she doesn’t need an effort for that? I can assure you that even a fine, benefiting sleep is a true effort these days!

3.ABOUT MALENA

Do you think MALENA is about jealousy? Yes, but also envy. Envy is human nature. Everything in this film is not just a portrait of a Sicilian village during the 1940s or a portrait of beauty, but I think it's a portrait of envy and how envy can destroy relations between human beings. In this case, it was beauty, but it could've been anything else. To be beautiful was just a metaphor here. Has beauty ever been a handicap for you? It is a handicap if you're stupid, but not if you are intelligent and know how to use your beauty. I feel fine and comfortable with myself, but not because I'm beautiful. I know many beautiful people and their lives are just so terrible. They feel so uncomfortable with themselves. Being comfortable is not about what you look like, but how you feel. I'm a lucky person because I've been loved a lot. I have a great family. What was the challenge in making "Malena" for you, bearing in mind you have few words in the film? The idea of the film was a challenge. I wanted to see if I could make this part exist just by a body. It was possible to do it. There's so many things that come out of "Malena". I learned how a body could speak. Acting is not words. Holly Hunter didn't speak in "The Piano", and she won an Oscar. It's the film that Guiseppe Tornatore wanted to direct. You just contribute the performance.

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9 OCTOBER 2008
NEWS: "ADMIRAL" PREMIERE
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Monica in Moscow ( 6 October 2008 )

4 OCTOBER 2008
NEWS: MONICA IN ROME FILM FESTIVAL
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Monica will be in Rome Film Festival from 22-31 October 2008.This month.

An Italian love drama starring Monica will open this year’s Rome film festival, which will have a distinctly domestic flavor and feature a lighter Hollywood presence.

29 AUGUST 2008
NEW UPDATES
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New updates from Monica's world soon...

16 JULY 2008
MORE PICTURES + NEWS ( SANGUE PAZZO )
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2 more pictures from Elle magazine ( June 2008 )

"Sangue Pazzo" is out now in French theaters ! Dont miss Monica's great performance

30 JUNE 2008
NEWS: FRENCH ELLE MAGAZINE
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Monica on the cover of French Elle magazine ( Today, 30 June 2008 )

28 JUNE 2008
SANGUE PAZZO PRESS CONFERENCE
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Monica in Sangue Pazzo press conference in Cannes Film Festival ( May 2008 )

10 JUNE 2008
PHOTOS BY MICHEL COMTE
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29 MAY 2008
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL - PHOTOS BY G.GEROMINI ( May 2008 )
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21 MAY 2008
NEWS: CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
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Sangue Pazzo photocall - Cannes Film Festival in France ( 19 May 2008 )

Sangue Pazzo premiere - Cannes Film Festival in France ( 19 May 2008 )

6 MAY 2008
VIDEO: "SHOOT EM UP" SEXY SCENE
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28 APRIL 2008
NEWS: SANGUE PAZZO ( NEW MOVIE)
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Release dates: Italy 23 May 2008, Netherlands 16 October 2008 ( Monica as Luisa Ferida )

21 APRIL 2008
VIDEO: MONICA IN " COMBIEN TU M'AIMES"?
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15 APRIL 2008
NEWS: AT FIUMICINO AIRPORT IN ITALY
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Monica at Fiumicino airport,Italy,catching a plane back to Paris ( 7 April 2008 )

8 APRIL 2008
NEWS: CHILDREN'S CARNIVAL
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Monica with Deva-children's Carnival at the Vila Borghese park in Rome ( 6 April 2008 )

7 APRIL 2008
NEWS: LEAVING STUDIOS AT RAI-SHOPPING WITH DEVA
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Monica leaving studios at Rai ( 4 April 2008 )

Monica shopping at Bonpoint in Rome ( 4 April 2008 )

4 APRIL 2008
NEWS: SHOOT EM UP-ROME PHOTOCALL
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Monica attends Shoot em up photocall at the Adriano cinema on April 4,2008 in Rome,Italy

31 MARCH 2008
DROBYSHEV EVGENY PHOTOSHOOT ( 19 MARCH 2008 )
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24 MARCH 2008
NEWS: CARTIER BOUTIQUE OPENING CEREMONY
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Monica has attended a new event "Cartier Boutique Opening Ceremony" ( 19 MARCH 2008 ) Enjoy "the beauty"!

20 MARCH 2008
LE DEUXIEME SOUFFLE
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Gu, a famous gangster, has just escaped from jail. All french police is after him. Before leaving the country with Manouche,(Monica) the woman he loves, Gu needs a final job to get some money. The job works, but a police's scheming makes Gu appear as a traitor to his own accomplices. Gu will do whatever it takes to clean his honor...( Monica as Manouche )

14 MARCH 2008
MORE PICTURES FROM MILAN FASHION WEEK ( 21 FEBRUARY 2008 ) Enjoy!
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13 MARCH 2008
MADAME FIGARO MAGAZINE ( 2006 ) AND VENICE FILM FESTIVAL ( 2002 )
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8 MARCH 2008
NEWS : ON THE SET OF THE NEW MOVIE " L'UOMO CHE AMA" ( MARCH 2008 )
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Monica on the set of her new movie 'L'uomo che ama' (The Man Who Loves) directed by Maria Sole Tognazzi.Monica plays the role of a woman who works for an art foundation.The movie is about love and relationships between people.

4 MARCH 2008
MALENA PREMIERE NY ( 2000 )
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28 FEBRUARY 2008
MANUALE D'AMORE 2
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Four episodes. Nicola, paralyzed after a car crash, falls in love for his physiotherapist Lucia. Franco and Manuela, a young couple unfit to have child, fly to Barcelona for a specialized treatment for fertility. Filippo and Fosco, two gays, decide to marry. Ernesto, waiter in an important restaurant has a liaison with Cecilia the new young Spanish help in cuisine. ( Monica as Lucia )

25 FEBRUARY 2008
NEWS: DOLCE AND GABBANA FALL / WINTER 2008 / 09
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Monica before a few days ( 21 February 2008 ) at Milan Fashion Week

18 FEBRUARY 2008
AN INTERVIEW FROM THE PAST
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I am not a movie star: Remember Me, My Love

EI: When you first read the script for “Remember Me, My Love” what did you like most about the story and your character? MB: I like my character, because in this chaotic and hysterical atmosphere,i think she's the only one...read more

12 FEBRUARY 2008
MONICA IN A PHOTOSHOOT FROM THE PAST ( EDDIE MONSHOON PHOTOSHOOT )
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3 FEBRUARY 2008
NEWS: ROME PREMIERE OF THE MOVIE "PRIDE" ( 29 JANUARY )
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29 JANUARY 2008
NEWS: FINAL OF THE CARTIER POLO WORLD CUP
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Monica was in St.Moritz in Switzerland before a few days ( 27 January ) in the final of the Cartier polo World Cup on snow

25 JANUARY 2008
OLD PHOTOSHOOT ( 1991 )
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19 JANUARY 2008
POLL : YOUR FAVORITE FILM?
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8 JANUARY 2008
MORE PICTURES FROM EVE PARTY ( 1 January 2008 )
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3 JANUARY 2008
NEWS: EVE PARTY
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Monica was in a party in Rio -Brazil- ( 1 January 2008 )

28 DECEMBER 2007
INTERVIEW
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Monica talks about "Shoot em up" (movie)

How did Michael Davis explain his inspirations for the character?
Monica : Actually I didn’t know what was in his mind in the beginning about my character really, because she could have been Italian, French, American, everything. I think that he wanted to bring the emotion in the middle of all of this mess and violence and blood. He wanted the female character to bring just the emotion, because in the end it’s all about love...
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22 DECEMBER 2007
LINGERIE PHOTOSHOOT
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Monica in a photoshoot from the past

17 DECEMBER 2007
FIRST SITE AWARD!
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Our new site ULTIMATE BEAUTY MONICA BELLUCCI was the Celebrity site of the day for 15 December 2007! (csotd.com)Thank you!
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13 DECEMBER 2007
NEWS: MAGAZINE
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Monica is in a December 2007 issue of French magazine "Paris Match"

2 DECEMBER 2007
NEWS: AT HEART TANGO PREMIERE
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Monica was in Milan before a few days for the premiere of the movie "Heartango".Enjoy!

28 NOVEMBER 2007
THIS IS AN OLD EVENT FROM THE MOVIE "MISSION CLEOPATRA" IN 2002
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21 NOVEMBER 2007
MORE PICTURES FROM ROME FILM FESTIVAL
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Monica was in a dinner in October ( French Ambassy dinner party for Christine Albanel )

14 NOVEMBER 2007
MONICA IN "DOPERMANN" IN 1997
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11 NOVEMBER 2007
OLD PHOTOSHOOT-BLACK AND WHITE PICTURES ( ELEN VON UNWEART )
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31 OCTOBER 2007
NEWS: MONICA WAS IN ITALY ON OCTOBER 24 ON THE SET OF THE MOVIE "NE TE RETOURNE PAS"
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24 OCTOBER 2007
NEWS: MONICA AT ROME FILM FESTIVAL
( LE DEUXIEME SOUFFLE PREMIERE-OCTOBER 2007)
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PRESS CONFERENCE

PHOTOCALL

17 OCTOBER 2007
NEWS: MONICA AS BLONDE FOR "ELLE MAGAZINE ( OCTOB-2007)
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14 OCTOBER 2007
"SHOOT EM UP"NOW PLAYING IN THEATRES
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11 OCTOBER 2007
INTERVIEW:
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Real Women Italian Actress Monica Bellucci Has Just Been Announced As The Face Of Cosmetic Giant Dior. Samuel L Jackson Says He's Completely Besotted By Her...more

8 OCTOBER 2007
A GREAT FORUM ABOUT MONICA (monicabelluccifan.com)
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5 OCTOBER 2007
NEWS: MONICA AT A T.V SHOW ( "CHE TEMPO CHE FA" 3 OCT 2007 )
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3 OCTOBER 2007
MONICA AT CHRISTIAN DIOR PHOTOSHOOT
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30 SEPT 2007
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEAUTIFUL MONICA! ( born 30 Sept )
BEST WISHES FOR YOU
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27 SEPT 2007
MONICA AT GR MAGAZINE(SPAIN) FEBR 2007
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25 SEPT 2007
OLD ART SHOOTS-AND DAVIDE LANZILAO OLD PHOTOSHOOT
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20 SEPT 2007
NEWS: MONICA AT LAUNCH OF CARTIER INDE MYSTERIEUSE ( 19 Sept )
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19 SEPT 2007
NEWS: MONICA AT HEATHROW AIRPORT ( 18 Sept )
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13 SEPT 2007
NEWS:
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The Post's Adam McDowell enjoyed lunch with Monica Bellucci on Sunday 10 Sept 2007. Here's his report:
To the average red-blooded North American male, a European actress like Monica Bellucci is as exotic as a 30-foot squid. You might marvel at one in a picture, and if you’re lucky you might even get a chance to see one up close, but to have lunch with one seems too much to hope for more

11 SEPT 2007
NEWS:PRIEMIERE 'LE DEUXIEME SOUFFLE' ( 8 Sept).
-Also beautiful Monica was out in Toronto ( 9 Sept)
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10 SEPT 2007
NEWS: PRESS CONFERENCE 'LE DEUXIEME SOUFFLE' ( 9 Sept)
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8 SEPT 2007
NEWS: MONICA IN SOHO NY US ( 6 Sept)
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6 SEPT 2007
NEWS: PRIEMIERE "SHOOT EM UP" NY US
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Filmography

Nikoss — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:30:42 CDT

1990 Vita coi figli (Tv)
1990 Briganti
1991 La Riffa-Francesca
1992 Ostinato destino-Marina and Angela
1992 Dracula-Dracula's Bride
1994 I Mitici-Deborah
1995 Palla di neve-Melina
1995 Cielo e' sempre piu blu
1995 Joseph (Tv)-Pharaoh's wife
1996 Sorellina eie principe del songo (Tv)-Princess
1996 L'appartement-Lisa
1997 Stressati
1997 Dopermann-Nathalie/Nat the gipsy
1997 Mauvais gentre-Camille
1997 Comme mi vuoi-Nellina
1998 Le plaisir-La jeune fille eplore'e
1998 Compromis-Monigue la jeune premiere
1998 Liuitimo capodanno-Guilia
1998 A los gue aman-Valeria
1999 Comme un poison hors de iieau-Myrtille
1999 Mediterrane's-Marguerite
2000 Under Suspicion-Chantal Hearst
2000 Franck Spadone-Laura
2000 Malena-Malena Scordia
2001 Le Pacte de loups-Sylvia
2002 Asterix and Obelix:Mission Cleopatre-Cleopatre
2002 Irreversible-Alex
2003 Ricordati di me-Alessia
2003 Tears of the sun-Dr Lena Kendricks
2003 The Matrix Reloaded-Persephone
2003 Enter the Matrix (voice)-Persephone
2003 The Matrix Revolutions-Persephone
2004 The passion of the Christ-Magdalen
2004 Agent Secrets-Barbara-Lisa
2004 She hate me-Simona Bonaresa
Prince of Persia:Warrion within (voice video game)-Kaileena
2005 The Matrix online (voice)-Persephone
2005 The brothers Grimm-Mirror Queen
2005 Combien tu m'aimes?-Daniela
2006 Sheitan-La belle Vanmpiresse
2006 N-Napoelone-Baronessa Emilia Speziali
2006 Le concile de pierre-Laura Siprien
2007 Manuale d'amore 2-Lucia
2007 Shoot em' up-DR
2007 Le Deuxieme souffle-Manouche
2008 Centricity

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Affiliates

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Monica-bellucci.net

Monicabelluccifan.com:

Josh Holloway Italia

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Biography

Nikoss — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:16:04 CDT

Monica Bellucci was born on September 30th, 1968, in the village of Citta di Castello, in Umbria, Italy. Initially pursuing a career as a lawyer, Monica decided to start modeling in order to help pay for her tuition while at the University of Perugia. But of course, the glamorous life of a model -- which includes travel and a sweet income -- tempted Monica away from her law studies.

In 1988, Monica moved to one of Europe's fashion centers -- Milan. There, she signed with Elite Model Management and found plenty of modeling work.

By 1989, Monica was making it big in Paris and across the Atlantic, in New York. But although she had achieved huge success in so little time as a model (posing for Dolce & Gabbana and French Elle), Monica thrived for more.

She made the transition to acting -- a very popular trend that models Laetitia Casta James King and Estella Waren have done successfully -- and began taking acting classes.

She made her film debut in 1990, with roles in Vita coi figli and Briganti (a.k.a Bandits: Love and Liberty). The following year, Monica starred as Francesca in the film La Riffa, and made her american film,debut with the role of Dracula's Bride in 1992's Bram Stoker's Dracula, co-starring Gary Oldman and Winona Ryder.

Roles began to pour in for the Italian beauty. After a role in Ostinato destino, she appeared in I Mitici (a.k.a. The Heroes) in 1994, and Palla di neve in 1995. She also starred as the Pharaoh's wife in the made-for-TV movie Joseph.

But it was her role in the 1996 film, L'Appartement, that earned Monica her acting accolades. Her role as Lisa earned her a Cesar nomination (French equivalent of the Oscar) in the Most Promising Young Actress category, and ensured that audiences and film critics would take notice of this up-and-coming starlet. The movie also co-starred her husband, Vincent Cassel, whom she later married in 1999.

In 1997, Bellucci was cast in Come mi vuoi (a.k.a As You Want Me), Dobermann and Mauvais genre. After roles in more European films such as 1998's L'Ultimo capodanno, A los que aman, and Compromis, she starred in 1999's Comme un poisson hors de l'eau (a.k.a. Like a Fish Out of Water).

Luckily, American audiences were able to catch a glimpse of the stunning brunette in the 2000 drama, Under Suspicion, as Gene Hackman's trophy wife. She followed that up with a role in the French film, Franck Spadone.

But it was the critical success of the Italian film Malena (2000), in which Monica starred in the title role, that really catapulted her to fame. The movie was nominated for 14 awards, including a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, and continues to be one of the roles to best showcase her dramatic talent.

In 2001, Bellucci starred in Brotherhood of the Wolf (co-starring her husband Cassel) and as Cleopatra in Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatre the following year. While the latter was considered lighter fare, Monica really stretched her acting muscle in the gritty 2002 film Irreversible, in which she portrays a rape victim.

If American audiences still weren't familiar with Bellucci, they were sure to catch her in 2003's Tears of the Sun, with Bruce Willis and of course, as Persephone in the highly anticipated sequels to 1999's The Matrix: The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. She also had the honor of gracing AskMen.com's top spot in its 99 Most Desirable Women in the World of 2002.

In 2004, Monica Bellucci was seen as Magdalene in Mel Gibson's controversial blockbuster, The Passion of the Christ, and returned to French film with Agents secrets. She can also add 2004's The Brothers Grimm (with Matt Damon and Heath Ledger), Spike Lee's She Hate Me, and 2005's Lord of War (with Nicolas Cage) to her filmography.

Monica likes to wear black clothes most of the time they are made of silk. She also likes to wear white gold.

Monica's personal activities include reading romance books, watching operas (especially Italian ones) and taking her child to the park.

Monica has taken part in Italian and French movies.

Monica is the voice of Kaileena in the (video game) Prince of Persia

Monica has done several nude scenes in her films, most notably in Malèna, Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Irréversible.

Monica was featured in Maxim Magazine in 2003.

Monica posed nude for the Italian Vanity Fair Magazine in protest against Italian laws that allow only married couples to use in-vitro fertilization.

Monica did commercials for the Italian TV before she became famous.

Monica likes Italian traditional food.

Once, on an Italian talk show, Monica said that she is forgetting the Italian language since she lives in France and speaks constantly in French.

When she was a young, Monica wanted to become a doctor.

Monica had a modeling contract with Giorgio Armani and Prada.

Monica collects ancient Japanese dolls.

Monica starred in the movie Tears of the sun along with Bruce Willis

Monica appears in both The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. She plays Persephone.

Monica was ranked as #89 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)

Monica ranked #1 in Askmen's "Most Desirable Woman" (2002).

Monica ranked #9 in Maxim's "100 Sexiest Women" (2002).

Monica ranked #6 in Maxim's "50 Sexiest Women" (1999).

Monica is 5'10½" 1.78 m tall.

Monica has said in an interview that Sophia Loren and haS inspired her acting career.

About Monica's last name: Bellucci is a typical surname from center Italy, it comes from the Latin word "Bellutus", and has the same root as surnames like Belluto, Belluti, Belluzzo, Belluccio, or the aristocratic surname of Belluzzi.

Monica doesn't always live with her husband Vincent Cassel. For avoiding routine, the two live in separate apartments; she lives most of the time in London and he lives in Paris.

Monica owns an apartement in London.

Monica was elected the most beautiful woman in the world by French viewers on a TV show "La Plus belle femme du monde" on November 8, 2004.

Monica was engaged to actor Nicola Farron from 1989 to 1995.

Monica's daughter, Deva Cassel, was born on September 12, 2004 in Rome, Italy.

Monica studied jurisprudence for a short time.

Monica wears a size 10 shoe.

Monica was originally cast as Mina Harker in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) but had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict. The part then went to Peta Wilson

Monica made a nude calendar for the Italian magazine Max in 1998 and another one for the Italian magazine GQ in 2000.

Monica's measurements are 35C-24-35.

Monica fluently speaks French, English, and Italian and has acted in each of these languages, as well as Aramaic in The Passion of the Christ.

Monica appeared in a black & white TV commercial for Dolce & Gabbana. The director was Giuseppe Tornatore, who also directed her in the movie Malèna (2000).

Monica is married to Vincent Cassel since 1999 and they have one child.

Monica was elected Most beautiful woman in the world by French people, as a result of a survey called "The 50 most Beautiful Women in the World" on the first channel of french television.

Quotes

Monica Bellucci: In Europe, we have so many actresses like Charlotte Rampling and Catherine Denueve and Sophia Loren still playing sexy characters that are their own age. Here, it is so strange. After a while, even young and beautiful actresses don’t work anymore.

Monica Bellucci: All my choices are a bit strange. In Malena, I have strong scenes. In Tears of the Sun I'm dirty and full of mud all over and I have tears all the time.

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

Monica Bellucci: Men love what they can't have. When they tell me, "I could cut my veins for you" I just want to laugh. Because a woman wants to be loved. It's great when someone knows you very well. But you have to be able to live in reality as well, you know.

Monica Bellucci: I don't want to be glamorous. I like to take risks.

Monica Bellucci: I have nothing against nudity. I use my body like a dress.

Monica Bellucci: Modelling was something I did when I was young. It was fine, but if I was just a model now I would kill myself.

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.

Monica Bellucci: Acting is not words. Holly Hunter didn't speak in The Piano (1993) and she won an Oscar.

Monica Bellucci: Beauty becomes alive and interesting when it's habited.

Monica Bellucci: (Talking about her daughter Deva) I didn't have familiarity with children. I'm learning day after day, with her. And what impress me the most is that she, Deva, is an individual person. But in miniature, she seems to be a special effect.

Monica Bellucci: It is a handicap if you're stupid, but not if you are intelligent and know how to use your beauty.

Monica Bellucci: I'm not scared by nudity, because for me, nothing is more beautiful than a body. You can have such an amazing emotion from a body. In Irréversible (2002), I treated my body like it was an object and it's great when you can have this kind of relation with your body, it's a part of your job, an object you can work with. When you can have this kind of freedom it's the moment where you can give your best as an actress.

Monica Bellucci: I feel fine and comfortable with myself, but not because I'm beautiful. I know many beautiful people and their lives are just so terrible. They feel so uncomfortable with themselves. Being comfortable is not about what you look like, but how you feel. I'm a lucky person because I've been loved a lot. I have a great family.

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

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

Monica Bellucci: I live in Paris but I feel I am a daughter of Europe.

Monica Bellucci: When I'll be old, I'd rather watch my children than my films.

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

Monica Bellucci: I listen to "young" music, the one from my age. I adore soul, rap and funky.

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

Monica Bellucci: (about reality TV) I think this is something that touches every country - America, Italy, France, England, all over. You will see all these people, they don't know how to sing, they don't know how to dance, and still they become famous. You know, just celebrities. And I think this is a very dangerous process.

Monica Bellucci: This is what I like about America, because you have very big budget movie, and also independent movies, so you have many different choices. But I know that I'm European... Being European, it is not easy to find the right project, because you may look different, you sound different, and you have to find the right character.

Monica Bellucci: Being an actress is the sublimation of feminity.

Monica Bellucci: 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: The human intelligence has progressed at the technological level; not a the level of feelings.

Monica Bellucci: As a European, I need to stay in Europe and I make Italian movies, French movies. Then to come to America is something interesting for me.

Monica Bellucci: My body is so important to me... my face, my arms, my legs, my hands, my eyes, everything. I use everything I have.

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