Claudia Cardinale Quotes

never felt scandal and confession were necessary to be an actress. I`ve never revealed myself or even my body in films. Mystery is very important.

If you`re not English, you`re a foreigner - so you must be sexy. it`s an old British cliché.

(on acting) But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your personality, your identity. You don`t know who you are. It`s fantastic because I`ve been living thousands of lives, not only my life.

I wasn`t speaking a word of Italian until I was 18. They had to dub my voice in my first Italian picture!

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

I`ve also been doing all the literature, Italian literature. But no, I don`t like to repeat very much. I like to float with the camera.

But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your personality, your identity. You don`t know who you are. It`s fantastic because I`ve been living thousands of lives, not only my life. (on acting)

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

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

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

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

I never felt scandal and confession were necessary to be an actress. I`ve never revealed myself or even my body in films. Mystery is very important.

But Luchino wanted to make the point, immediately, that he was the master on the set. And after became very, very close friends.

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.

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