Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren
Sophia Lorenis an Italian film actress. Encouraged to enroll in acting lessons after entering a beauty pageant, Loren began her film career in 1950 at age 15. She appeared in several bit parts and minor roles in the early part of the decade, until her five-picture contract with Paramount in 1956 launched her international career. Notable film appearances around this time include The Pride and the Passion, Houseboat, and It Started in Naples...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth20 September 1934
CityRome, Italy
CountryItaly
Transformation is something I cannot explain - too much analysis might destroy it.
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further than people with vastly superior talent.
A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
I always try to have a vacation.
It's a mistake to think that once you're done with school you need never learn anything new.
I can cook, I can breathe, I can live!
As far as beauty is concerned, in order to be confident we must accept that the way we look and feel is our own responsibility.
True love comes along after adolescence, when we have learned not to cry for nothing.
Though poor and anxious to work, I refused to alter anything. They would take me as I looked or not at all.... Eventually I profited by looking like myself and not like what was fashionable years ago with certain film technicians in Rome.
No press conference announcing a last film. I'd just steal away. Best way because, if by chance after two or three years something interesting comes up, I would not - like Sinatra - have to say: 'Well, I've thought it over and decided to come back.'
I'm not Italian, I am Neapolitan! It's another thing!
If you are a professional actor who has pride in his work, then the judgment of your peers should be important to you. I treasure each and every award I have ever received - and my Oscar is in a place of honor.
[William] Klein has eyes like a knife. He is ruthless and outrageous but never mean - he is tender and funny and violent - and, I'm sure, really in love with our crazy Rome.
You cannot say, because I am from Naples so I like the mixture of drama and comedy all together.