Sophia Loren Quotes

The right hairstyle can make a plain woman beautiful and a beautiful woman unforgettable.

You have to be born a sex symbol. You don’t become one. If you’re born with it, you’ll have it even when you’re 100 years old.

The most indespensible ingredient of all good home cooking: love for those you are cooking for.

I know how to say ‘no’ in twelve languages. That’s enough for a woman.

I’d much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.

I think the quality of sexiness comes from within. It is something that is in you or it isn’t and it really doesn’t have much to do with breasts or thighs or the pout of your lips.

Good food is a celebration of life.

I’m an actress. It’s my passion.

I am against all war.

A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

I’m a very shy person and I never tried to do theater.

Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.

After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It’s better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.

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 a very shy person, and I never tried to do theater. I’ve been asked many, many times by the most incredible authors in America to do theater. And I always said no, not knowing what it is to be on the stage and to do theater.

Any woman can look her best if she feels good in her skin. It’s not a question of clothes or makeup. It’s how she sparkles.