Monica says...

"Beauty becomes alive and interesting when it's inhabited."

"I live in Paris, but I feel I am a daughter of Europe."

"When I'll be old, I'd rather watch my children than my films."

"The human intelligence has progressed at the technological level; not at the level of feelings."

"After love, the man sleeps, while the woman reflects."

"I come from a Catholic religion, but I'm not Catholic."

"I'm agnostic, even though I respect and I'm interested in all religions. If there's something I believe in, it's a mysterious energy, the one that fills the oceans during tides, the one that unites nature and beings."

They say about Monica...

Mel Gibson, actor and director (The Passion of the Christ)
"She's a very good actress. And she hardly says a word in the whole film. She hardly says a word. But she's not afraid. She's just not afraid to look filthy and dirty and beaten up and, you know, crying. And it was awful because we were messing up with her. 'More dirt! Put more dirt on her! More tear streaks, mess her hair!' You couldn't, the messier she got, it was like the better looking she got. You couldn't make her look bad, and we were trying to make her look bad. So, she's one of those rare creatures - and I said to her, yeah, I said 'We can't make you look bad! We're trying to mess you up!' and she said 'How's this?', she's like, you know, put some dirt on. Couldn't do it."

Michael Davis, writer and director (Shoot 'Em Up)
"Monica Bellucci walks towards me for the first time and she looks like she is on a movie screen - she doesn't belong in ordinary life but in a movie world. She lives up to your fantastic hopes and dreams. Elegant beyond belief. She calls my bloody, violent script 'a beautiful American movie,' pronouncing it be-uuuuuuuuu-tiful. I am in love."

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