Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Monica Vitti

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Italian actress Monica Vitti.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Monica Vitti

Monica Vitti was an Italian actress known for her starring roles in films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni during the early-to-mid 1960s. After working with Antonioni, Vitti changed focus and began making comedies, working with director Mario Monicelli on many films. She appeared with Marcello Mastroianni, Alain Delon, Richard Harris, Terence Stamp, and Dirk Bogarde. She was known as the "Queen of Italian cinema".

I played at being someone else in movies and live theater, and at being myself in life's most intense, fascinating game - the game of love.
I was an anguished little girl with just one wish: to become an actor. I debuted in live theater at 14 with Dario Niccodemi's 'La Nemica.'
I adore gelato; it's a pleasure I shared for years with my friend Gabriel Garcia Marquez. — © Monica Vitti
I adore gelato; it's a pleasure I shared for years with my friend Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
I'm lively and gay by nature.
Despite what people say about my major film roles, I'm not a dull or monotonous woman searching for self-identity.
I am unwilling to strip completely before the cameras.
The theater is so big and dark and private. Nobody knows that I am there. I am relaxed. I forget completely I am an actress. I laugh, I applaud, I cry.
In the morning, I'm like the Antonioni movies. I'm little sad. I haven't the courage to start the day. In the evenings, I'm happier, more alive - like the character I play in 'An Almost Perfect Affair.'
I had very strict parents. My two brothers were power and freedom. I was powerlessness and seclusion.
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