Asia Argento Quotes

• I always saw myself as really ugly. My father even told me I was ugly because I would shave my head and look like a boy.

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• Most of the time nothing much is required of directors, which is a pity.

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  Tags in Directors, Pity

• I’ve worked with very few directors who’ve asked of me what I asked of myself.

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  Tags in Myself, Worked

• Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don’t think you need to do that.

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  Tags in Child, Remember, Need

• Italy to me is like the mean mother. Whatever I do, it’s never good enough. People say I’m the queen of Cannes, but in Italy I get turned down for work.

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  Tags in Italy, Queen

• I tend to be a lazy actress, unless I’m pushed.

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  Tags in Lazy, Actress, Pushed

• I have nothing in my life besides my work. I am obsessed with it. I leave my house only when I’m forced to.

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  Tags in Nothing, Leave, House

• I want to be adopted by the French. I want to go to live in Paris.

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  Tags in Adopted, Live, Paris

• Vin Diesel is the best kisser in the world, better than anyone else I’ve ever had. The most attractive thing about Vin is his brain. That’s his most attractive muscle.

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  Tags in Brain, Best, Attractive, Better

• Why did I spend all these years playing boring Europeans? I was made for action movies.

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  Tags in Boring, Made

• People’s attitudes about sex aren’t healthy anywhere, except maybe in those tribes where they go around naked.

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  Tags in Sex, Healthy, Tribes

• What you might see as depravity is, to me, just another aspect of the human condition.

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  Tags in Human, Another

Asia Argento (12)

Birth:	20th September, 1975
Nationality:	Italian
Profession:	Actress, Disc Jockey, Film Director, Model, Screenwriter, Singer

About

Asia Argento is an Italian actress, singer, model, and director. She started acting at the age of nine, playing a small role in a film by Sergio Citti. She received the David di Donatello for Best Actress in 1994 for her performance in Perdiamoci di vista!, and again in 1996 for Compagna di viaggio, which also earned her a Grolla d'oro award. In 1998, Argento began appearing in English-language movies, such as B. Monkey and New Rose Hotel. In 1996, she directed a documentary on her father, and in 1998 a second one on Abel Ferrara, which won her the Rome Film Festival Award. Argento directed and wrote her first movie, Scarlet Diva , which her father co-produced.

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