Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Marisa Berenson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Marisa Berenson.
Last updated on September 19, 2024.
Marisa Berenson

Vittoria Marisa Schiaparelli Berenson is an American actress and model. She appeared on the front covers of Vogue and Time, and won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Natalia Landauer in the 1972 film Cabaret. The role also earned her Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations. Her other film appearances include Death in Venice (1971), Barry Lyndon (1975), S.O.B. (1981) and I Am Love (2009).

When I get in front of a camera all my fears and my inhibitions just go away. As a model, I feel that I am acting, too, playing different parts and showing different facets of myself.
I'm not someone who lives in the past; I find other people live in my past. I live in the present and the future.
My ultimate goal is to become a saint. — © Marisa Berenson
My ultimate goal is to become a saint.
A lot of men are very possessive and they want to control you. But as you grow older, you attract people who are on your wavelength and who understand who you are.
I adored my father - I was more attached to him than anyone.
I wasn't happy at all as a child. I was very privileged and knew extraordinary people, but I felt very lonely: my mother thought I was extremely difficult and my grandmother was extremely severe.
I do think I learned to accept myself through the eyes of others when I was young because I wasn't brought up to think that I was beautiful or told I was beautiful.
I think there are very few people who have a real style, a real personality, and real beauty.
I wanted to become a model since I was a kid.
I think I was very shy and introverted when I was younger, and yet, when I got in front of the camera or went out on the town, I was able to go out half-naked and do anything.
As I get older, I feel better about myself because I've done a lot of spiritual work on myself and balanced myself out, and so I feel more confident about myself as a person and as a woman.
I'm a free spirit, so if I am with someone it has to be a man who understands that, and not all men do.
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