There is no greater love potion than regular coffee, brewed his own. When a man tries it, he was not going anywhere.

The mirror of your health is your skin. If you drink, it shows in your face; if you eat the wrong foods, you have pimples. If you take care of your food and you lead a healthy life, your skin will look wonderful.

I exist only because inside of me and above all else I am only and above all a Neapolitan. Naples exists inside of me, and always will. Fortunately for me there is this treasure that I have inside of me and, when I need it, then I pull it out.

Jealousy is a miserable feeling. It means you aspire to something that you cannot have.

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

Physical exercise makes you more graceful. After some gymnasitics you walk as if the whole street is yours.

Good food is a celebration of 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.

I walk, walk, walk, walk. That's very good for your heart.

I don't like to go in places where women talk and gossip. The atmosphere I don't like, even though you can sometimes meet nice people. For me, it's a waste of time.

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself.

Being an actress, you are accustomed to learn to do so many things... You learn how to dry your hair, curl your hair and do your nails. Sometimes, just for fun, I have someone come in to do my nails, but I like to do them three times a week. If I went out to have them done, then I would spend my life at the hairdresser's and that I can't afford.

My mother taught me the most important principles, to be determined in life, to be disciplined, to be able to understand that there are some things that you can't do and other things you have to do, that you always have to be surrounded by love, that you have to be understanding.

You have to believe in marriage and you have to believe in a relationship between two people. If you really think in your life that you have found the right person, you have to stick to it, even though there are ups and downs. If you really believe in your union, you have to nourish it and work for it, then you can really spend your life together forever.

I have no regrets. regret only makes wrinkles.

I eat a lot of salad, a little meat, and some fruit--that's all. But I like sweets.

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.

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

I always try to have a vacation.

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