Violante Placido
Violante Placido
Maria Violante Placidois an Italian actress and singer...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth1 May 1976
CountryItaly
unique erosion turkeys
Turkey was fantastic, Turkey was like mystical and such a special place. Just unique, something that's really hard to describe, such beauty.
real stories kind
I'm more into kind of real stories, psychological movies.
new-experiences actresses exploring
As an actress I really like exploring and doing new experiences.
avant-garde tools way
Once you got Hollywood doing these kinds of movies and having all the, how you say, the tools to do it, and also to keep on finding new ways of doing it becomes - Hollywood can be avant garde on what concerns action.
parent important actors
My parents never pushed me to be an actress. You can come from a family of actors, and sometimes there have been families that grow you up as an actor, but this wasn't my situation. It's very important to find your own way because it's something you then have to confront yourself.
country strong tradition
Each country is strong on some tradition.
song mistake crazy
I did a smaller gig with an acoustic guitar and a drum machine. In one song, something wrong happened with the drum machine. I tried to cover up the mistake by playing faster and improvising a new song but it became crazy, and I had to admit it was all a mess.
home writing play
When I'm shooting films, I write and play music when I come home.
moonstruck young
When I was really young, I got moonstruck by 'Moonstruck'
thinking different culture
Eventually, I think cinematography for every culture is a way to explore different stories, different ways of also delivering a story.
writing gigs firsts
I write in English. My first album came out in Italy, and I toured and did gigs.
determination mistake giving
I've done movies that were maybe not worth it, but I try to take the best from every experience. You learn more from bad experiences sometimes. It gives you more will to overcome your mistakes. They give you determination.
real unique erosion
Turkey was fantastic, Turkey was, like, mystical and such a special place. Just unique, something that's really hard to describe, such beauty, those mountains and the stone is kind of, eroded? Special erosion which makes what you see just something that seems, it's been made for a movie, it's like something out of fantasy, except it's real.