Actresses From Italy

"When I was seven I enrolled in a theater course without knowing that it would be my greatest passion. It started as a game but, in eighth grade, I realized that I wanted to get serious and study in Rome: from there I never stopped working, so much so that I moved here because going back and forth to Sora was getting complicated."

"I'm very self-critical: when I see a scene I always notice what I don't like and what I would have done differently, and that's why I try to listen to the opinions of those around me, completely trusting the directors."

"There is a difference, however: on social networks you are yourself, while in the cinema it is not me who acts, but the character I play. When I act, shyness disappears because I let the person I give my face speak to."

"Up to now you have almost always played the role of the daughter of, primarily for reasons of age. But do you think that Italian fiction and cinema should rejuvenate the teen story, along the lines of the American example? In Italy we often stop at the character of the son because we tend to look at the world of children with an adult eye. Instead, we should reverse the perspective, which is what allowed the Americans and the British to conceive series such as Euphoria, Tredici, Sex Education."

"Acting remains my only great aspiration, and I invest all my energies in this. But, yes: there is a plan B. I'm in the fifth year of scientific high school and, after graduating, I'll enroll in criminology. I will study it mostly out of passion, because the subject fascinates me a lot. At worst, this will be my plan B."

"In the family you have decidedly clear ideas. Please tell me you have a loser brother who, like all ordinary mortals, is working hard to make it. No, no loser brother: it's just me and Ludovica. By the way, we started together: she was 11, I was 7. It's one of those coincidences that is hard to explain: she was part of a theater company and I enrolled in their drama school. In short, we studied in different classes and, over time, what seemed to be a fun pastime became a passion for both of us. Luckily we have very different approaches and styles. For example, we happened to prepare for the same casting and the same scene was represented in a completely different way by me and by her. Probably the fact that Ludovica is much more expansive, while I have a shy and introverted character, also has an influence."

"The fact that I can tell stories not only by writing them but also by living them through a character and therefore giving the public emotions (possibly positive), which is the ultimate goal of entertainment."

"…I have not even been nominated for one. But it doesn’t affect me any more. This is the great thing about getting old: things that preoccupied you when you were young cease to preoccupy you. I would have loved to have had one Oscar. Well, too bad. I have six sheep, two dogs, two children."

"Ageing brings a lot of happiness. You get fatter and more wrinkles, and that’s not so good, but there is a freedom that comes with it. The freedom is: I better do what I want to do now, because I’ll be dead soon. So this is my last chance. Also, there’s a serenity that comes – I had the career I had, good or bad, I did the best I could, and now I continue pursuing what is interesting to me."

"I’m not there now to represent beauty; I’m there to represent a different dream. It may be defined as joyfulness; life goes on and there are many chapters. I think that’s why they keep me."

"Women executives have a different sensitivity. Male executives only understood makeup or fashion as an instrument of seduction, because that was addressed to them. They didn’t understand that we like to put on makeup or dress up just because it’s a game; it’s pleasurable."

"Because my mother was Ingrid Bergman and my father was Roberto Rossellini, I was intimidated about becoming an actress and a director…Both [in terms of her parents’ reputations upon entering the acting world]…It opened doors, but the judgment was much more severe…In the press, they said: ‘She looks like her mother, but she certainly hasn’t inherited her talent.’ It crushes you. If they say it today, you just say: well, maybe that’s true. It doesn’t hurt you so much."

"La prima volta che vado a letto con un uomo succede quasi sempre che non si fa niente. Si preoccupano, si agitano, credono di dover fare i fenomeni. Pensano "Oddio, lo sto facendo con l'Arcuri", e non si conclude. Ormai lo so, sono rassegnata. Per questo concedo sempre una seconda chance."

"La scelta vegana è rivoluzionaria, è un atto d’amore quotidiano verso animali e persone."

"Why are they afraid of the young people who have discovered their country and their flag and the outstretched arm salute? This is not nostalgia but regrets for bygone days that have taught much about ideals and honesty and even about morality."

"Berlusconi loves [Mussolini] because she is so good at the spectacle of politics."

"Feltri is very clever. He has gold in his hands. He has gold in his hands. He has valid insights."

"I like journalists. Journalists are like confessors."

"Men... they're the same as always... they think that violence can solve problems. Make way for the women."

"I love Berlusconi. And I'll say it: I like Berlusconi. He's someone who greets you, listens to you, hears what you have to say. He creates a team. We don't do that here."

"My grandfather had a plan, a strategy. He had to gain consensus. He was not a turncoat."

"It's not a question of right or left. Turncoats go where the power is."

"You are a bastard."

"Women in politics are too obedient. On the left they are really obedient, they don't believe in themselves. We are very, very few. And some of us don't want to go up against the leader of the party. But sometimes you have to say what you have to say. I don't like compromise. In politics you have to always choose a compromise and sometimes that I don't like."

"What does seeing a bit of music, a bit of Pride [Parade], a bit of freedom take away from you? Lock yourself up at home, take a Bible and read it."

"The National Alliance is no longer to the right, it is in the centre. There is a huge space in the society of the right for me to occupy. For the first time a woman is the leader of a political party [in Italy]."

"Once again Italy needs a strong man. With my grandfather, at least there was a stand, a sense of responsibility, common sense and a love for Italy which is no more."

"Not only Gianfranco Fini, but the entire world, including the Vatican and the pope, should beg forgiveness of Israel."

"My grandfather is the greatest of them all; I will continue to believe this all my life."

"In life we all change: on the basis of our experiences, of things that happen. Talking to my kids, I understood that for [them], sexual orientation isn't even a topic: it's like putting on a dress that you can change, and nobody cares what it's like."

"If the situation is resolved, the Lega [Nord] will disappear."

"I work with the people in the piazza, where there is reality. Here in Parliament, often there is a mystification of reality. They are not representatives of the people. They represent themselves and their own interests."

"(Referring to Claude Juncker) Who is this Juncker guy?! He looks like a yoghurt to me!"

"I am a Mussolini, but I believe in democracy."

"Monica Cirinnà? Long live Cirinnà. She did well to display that sign saying “God, Country and Family”. But deep down it's true: life is “shit” because there are crazy constraints. In Italy, we are too conditioned. Cirinnà is a bit like the Emma Bonino of our times. If it weren't for Bonino, we women would still be under the thumb. With a noose around our necks. You've had enough, long live to Bonino, long live to Cirinnà."

"Enough with sex and sexuality, everyone is as fluid as they want. You want to see me become fluid too?"

"(Referred to Luxuria) He dresses like a woman and thinks he can say whatever he wants. Better a fascist than a faggot!"

"Hey Matteo, you're nosy, you wear an earring and you're jealous. Wash your mouth out before you speak. You're a beggar, so don't bother us!"

"Bruno Vespa is just like my grandfather, he has a distinctive feature of the Mussolini family: the line from his nostril to his mouth. Sooner or later he will come out."

"(Concerning Antonio Di Pietro) He is the only true national leader, the authentic expression of civil society."

"I got to know Asia Argento ten months ago. Our commonality is the shared pain of being assaulted by Harvey Weinstein."

"@JimmyBennett love you for life my Jimmy. You know I've been testing 9 years old lately but unfortunately ain't nobody like you sonny."

"I decided to go nude because I think that nudity always creates a big reaction. That is what is required to keep people’s attention on such a brutal practice …. These poor animals are electrocuted, skinned alive, drowned, and bludgeoned just for the sake of fashion. … Don’t buy fur. Even a little trim—your gloves or your bag or your jackets …. You must remember that animals don’t have a voice. You must be their voice. Never be afraid to speak up."

"Each fur jacket and piece of fur trim is taken from a terrified living being who was trapped in the wild … or who had a miserable life locked inside a barren wire cage before being drowned, electrocuted, poisoned, or skinned alive. … I, along with many … would love to see … take a step into the compassionate future of fashion by pledging not to feature fur."

"You can only cook Italian if you are Italian or you think like an Italian and then you don't need the recipe. To think like an Italian in the kitchen means to be frugal. It's a very simple concept. Buy in season, keep it simple and don't buy anything you are going to leave wilting in the fridge."

"I come from the stage so being involved with such a gigantic film was just a new thing for me which I really loved. And for sure I would love to do something like this again. There's lots of things that have opened up for me. I'll just make sure I'll make the wisest decisions because this is a very delicate moment. And someday I will go back to the stage because that's where I feel at home."

"It's because it's very European. And I'm Italian and it's very close to my culture and all the steppings for where all these legends took place, some places I'm very familiar with. And on the other hand, there's also something that's really special about Dracula & Array; which is the constant search for blood, which is enticing and sensual. And which is why The Count has three Brides."

"I seem to be the most wordy when it comes to monsters because I'm a bit of a monster freak. I grew up just loving all the Draculas. Especially I just loved watching all the Universal classics. And Bela has been my favorite ever since. I would say though that I have a new favorite Dracula here. I've always loved those movies. And it was such an honor to be cast with this role."

"[I miss] the warmth of the [Italian] people: it is very easy to communicate with them, while the French are not such extroverts. On the other hand, there is a vibrant film industry in France: at least two hundred films are produced there, and the job opportunities are many. Unfortunately, the Italian film industry does not compare."

"Even in France, politics are traditionally left-wing and it is fashionable to be anti-Sarkozy. But the so called "caviar-left", that is, the snobbish, stiff upper-lipped kind disgusts me, it is hypocritical."