Italian Quotes

Marriage is the tomb of love.

As to the deceit perpetrated upon women, let it pass, for, when love is in the way, men and women as a general rule dupe each other.

My success and my misfortunes, the bright and the dark days I have gone through, everything has proved to me that in this world, either physical or moral, good comes out of evil just as well as evil comes out of good.

I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my life, whether it be good or evil, has been done freely; I am a free agent.

Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it is immortal; the other kind inevitably goes stale, for it lies in mere fantasy.

Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the moment he allows his actions to be ruled by passion.

By recollecting the pleasures I have had formerly, I renew them, I enjoy them a second time, while I laugh at the remembrance of troubles now past, and which I no longer feel.

I know that I have lived because I have felt, and, feeling giving me the knowledge of my existence, I know likewise that I shall exist no more when I shall have ceased to feel.

It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.

I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the minds which were ignorant of its charms.

It was he who impressed, time and again, the necessity of singing as nature intended, and - I remember - he constantly warned, don't let the public know that you work. So I went slowly. I never forced the voice.

Yes, they wanted me to sign a contract of exclusivity, and I refused.

Many other movies, but for me The Professionals is the best I did in Hollywood.

It's fantastic because I've been living thousands of lives, not only my life.

But we did the Pink Panther not in Hollywood, in Italy.

But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your personality, your identity.

But Sergio Leone invented totally the way of, you know, the details, the eyes, the hands - fantastic.

And I had a big opportunity with Richard Brooks, The Professionals, which is really a magnificent movie.

And also, Sergio Leone was considered in Italy a director of category B, not a big director.

Sometimes when I flick through a magazine and see these thin models I'm left wondering what effect they can have on an insecure person. But I say to girls: forget what you see in the magazines, that is a world which has nothing to do with reality; think of it as a cartoon.

Since I was a little kid, I was against fur. I never wore fur in my life.

My maternal desires are fully satisfied with my dogs.

In the past I would self destruct when it came to love - I was immature, throwing myself into things but now times have changed, I want a relationship where you understand the other person.

I'm looking for men who can give me security.

I'm a bit of a tomboy, but when it comes to love I am a doormat.

I love variety in my life.

I have always seen cold and controlled men as the right ones for me.

I don't always have the stomach muscles I have, and I get cellulite as well like everyone else.

I am a firm believer in marriage. In the future I will be married.

At the end of the day I have always seen the end of my relationships as a personal failure. There is nothing ever pretty in saying goodbye.