Monica Bellucci Quotes

Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.

I try to choose characters that are very different; I think I have succeeded in that. A big role or a small one does not bother me at all. What matters is that I should have a rapport with the director.

There are some movies you do for the character; there are some movies you do for the people.

I go where the material is, and I feel like I'm looking for really strong directors. That's the key ingredient. There are some directors I would move the sun and earth for, or stop the rotation of the planets, just to work with them.

It doesn't matter if you're doing a studio movie or you're doing an independent movie. When you get to set and you're doing a scene, it's always going to be the same job. I really don't think about my career, in terms of planning it out and what this does for me.

Most of the film directors expect their actors to want to work fast.

When you get to work with people like Ian McKellen or directors like Peter Jackson, you sit and watch.

I'd like to work with any actress from whom I can learn-one who has had many experiences with many directors and is willing to share some of her knowledge with me.

I think I would have been so much in awe of the movie set, the people and what everybody's job was, that I don't know if I would be able to concentrate on the character.

Most actors are pretty adaptable because we work with so many directors.

I miss working with great actors, working with great directors.

I think every actor would probably say that it's always a collaboration. And if you ask directors, they'll tell you that they expect the actors to bring something. They don't want to be thinking for everybody.

I get to be in a room with other actors, but I never, or very rarely, get the chance to be in a room with another director.

Whenever I have really enjoyed being part of a film, it has worked well for me.

I'm very instinctive when I choose my roles, and usually, the number one thing has to be the director.

I had really great time working with Irrfan Khan and Deepak Dobriyal.

I'm looking for challenges, and as always, what matters is the script, the character and the director.

I love actors. That's my bread and butter, and I got to work with some amazing ones on '12 Years'.

I think my favorite role was playing Sarah Baker in 'Cheaper by the Dozen 1.' It was my first movie, and I worked with amazing professionals who had such strong work ethics that I immediately learned how to work in this industry.

When you are an actor, you have to stay inside this world, but when you are with the crew, on the outside, you are in the dirt, working through all the issues. It's just a different way of working, and I think I preferred it.

Every now and then, they ask me to come in and improvise with Stanley Tucci for an afternoon. They fly me off to America, I improvise for an afternoon - it's not the hardest, most taxing job.

There's nothing like working with the best actors possible, and if you have a piece of material like, 'Long Way Down' or 'Love Punch,' which allows you to play, then it's just a joy to go to work.

It's very liberating to be naked in front of a hundred people, but there's nothing sexual about lovemaking on a movie set.

Having learnt my basics in theatre, I always feel film is a collaborative effort. If you do your part well and help the person in front of you in realising his or her potential, the film invariably comes out good.

I try to create an environment where, when we step onto the set, we're all in character.