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

An actor works with their soul and their thought.
Monica Bellucci

Envy is human nature.
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

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

I have no idea how I'm perceived in America because I don't live the reality of America.
Monica Bellucci

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.
Monica Bellucci

I think the lawyers are such incredible actors. Can you imagine the performance they have to do every day?
Monica Bellucci

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

I'm not a movie star. I'm just an actress.
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

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

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

Irreversible is not glamorous at all. I try to do different things because I want to grow as an actress and I like to take risks.
Monica Bellucci

It's not the Jews that killed Christ. It was a political situation, and it was the Romans who killed Jesus. They put Jesus on the cross, not the Jews.
Monica Bellucci

Mel is a great director because he's not just a director, he's an actor, so he knows how to direct actors. I loved working with him. He's great as a director. He's so intelligent. He's generous. I really loved him.
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

Time destroys everything.
Monica Bellucci

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