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
Believe me, it is actions that count.
I was blessed with a sense of my own destiny. I have never sold myself short. I have never judged myself by other people's standards. I have always expected a great deal of myself, and if I fail, I fail myself. So failure or reversal does not bring out resentment in me because I cannot blame others for any misfortune that befalls me.
Hate is unfulfilled love.
My philosophy is that it's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe and not to explore at all.
Cooking is an act of love, a gift, a way of sharing with others the little secrets -- 'piccoli segreti' -- that are simmering on the burners.
Ignorance has its virtues; without it there'd be mighty little conversation.
Mistakes are the price of an interesting life.
Luck assists fortune, you need to catch the moment. Otherwise the opportunity fades.
I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.
You must all, somewhere deep in your hearts, believe that you have a special beauty that is like no other and that is so valuable that you must not abandon it. Indeed, you must learn to cherish it.
Good food is a celebration of life.
I still like me, inside and out. Not in a vain way - I just feel good in my skin.
I believe that rewards in life are deserved. Every reward is the fruit of discipline, of dedication and of sacrifices. And of stubbornness.
Show business is what I do, not what I am.