Sophia Loren
Birthday: 20 September 1934, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Birth Name: Sofia Villani Scicolone
Height: 175 cm
Sophia Loren was born as Sofia Scicolone at the Clinica Regina Margherita in Rome, Italy, on September 20, 1934. Her father, Riccardo Scicolone, was married to another woman and refused to marry her m ...Show More
[2014, on a famous 1957 photo of her stink-eyeing Jayne Mansfield's cleavage] Listen. Look at the pi Show more
[2014, on a famous 1957 photo of her stink-eyeing Jayne Mansfield's cleavage] Listen. Look at the picture. Where are my eyes? I'm staring at her nipples because I am afraid they are about to come onto my plate. In my face, you can see the fear. I'm so frightened that everything in her dress is going to blow--BOOM!--and spill all over the table. Hide
[on adultery] It's a game I never play.
[on adultery] It's a game I never play.
Hate is unfulfilled love.
Hate is unfulfilled love.
The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty.
The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty.
A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn't know Show more
The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn't know what war is except from television. Hide
There IS a Fountain of Youth: It is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life a Show more
There IS a Fountain of Youth: It is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. Hide
[on Gina Lollobrigida] Gina's personality is limited. She is good playing a peasant but is incapable Show more
[on Gina Lollobrigida] Gina's personality is limited. She is good playing a peasant but is incapable of playing a lady. That said, I don't think she's positively mad about me. Because I'm bigger than she? It's possible. Who knows? Hide
[on why she, a nominee, could not attend the 1961 Academy Awards] I decided that I could not bear th Show more
[on why she, a nominee, could not attend the 1961 Academy Awards] I decided that I could not bear the ordeal of sitting in plain view of millions of viewers while my fate was being judged. If I lost, I might faint for disappointment. If I won, I would also very likely faint with joy. I decided it would be better to faint at home. Hide
Mistakes are a part of the dues one pays for a full life.
Mistakes are a part of the dues one pays for a full life.
[on why she did not pose nude in the 2007 Pirelli calendar] When Sophia Loren is naked, that is a lo Show more
[on why she did not pose nude in the 2007 Pirelli calendar] When Sophia Loren is naked, that is a lot of nakedness. Hide
A woman's dress should be like a barbed wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view Show more
A woman's dress should be like a barbed wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view. Hide
I am lucky. I had a very beautiful mother.
I am lucky. I had a very beautiful mother.
[on Marcello Mastroianni] Marcello is a man who thinks like a man, talks like a man -- is a man! He Show more
[on Marcello Mastroianni] Marcello is a man who thinks like a man, talks like a man -- is a man! He has so much magnetism, he brings out the very soul in a woman. Hide
[to Barbara Walters in 2000] I am not Italian, I am a Neapolitan!
[to Barbara Walters in 2000] I am not Italian, I am a Neapolitan!
I hated my father all my life but in his final days I forgave him for all the suffering he caused us Show more
I hated my father all my life but in his final days I forgave him for all the suffering he caused us. As you grow older, marry, and have children of you own, you learn and forget. I do not forget easily, but I do forgive. Hide
[on meeting Madonna at the premiere of Prêt-à-Porter (1994)] I only met her once, at a Show more
[on meeting Madonna at the premiere of Prêt-à-Porter (1994)] I only met her once, at a premiere. I was waiting outside with a group of people, surrounded by photographers, and she was walking towards us. I said, "Madonna, come here," because she looked so alone, and we were photographed together. She was charming and very respectful to me, but you know, she looked very lonely. Hide
I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't unders Show more
I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now. Hide
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people wit Show more
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further than people with vastly superior talent. Hide
Many people think they want things, but they don't really have the strength, the discipline. They ar Show more
Many people think they want things, but they don't really have the strength, the discipline. They are weak. I believe that you get what you want if you want it badly enough. Hide
[on Demi Moore] She dares, and I like a person who dares.
[on Demi Moore] She dares, and I like a person who dares.
Cooking is an act of love, a gift, a way of sharing with others the little secrets -- "piccoli segre Show more
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. Hide
[on Cary Grant] I learned many things working with Cary Grant. He has such tremendous concentration. Show more
[on Cary Grant] I learned many things working with Cary Grant. He has such tremendous concentration. Many actors do not have the courage to stand still. Cary Grant knows how to concentrate, how to look directly at you, but always with great relaxation. Hide
Oh, how I loved the movies as a little girl. Particularly I loved Yvonne De Carlo - she was my favor Show more
Oh, how I loved the movies as a little girl. Particularly I loved Yvonne De Carlo - she was my favorite. Others, too, like Rita Hayworth, but I used to dream that I was Yvonne De Carlo. And I liked that little one - what was her name? - June Allyson, too. But for me there was only one Yvonne De Carlo. Hide
Sharon Stone talks about sex as if it were a bowl of spaghetti or a pizza. Those things are private, Show more
Sharon Stone talks about sex as if it were a bowl of spaghetti or a pizza. Those things are private, you need to have a little discretion. Hide
[her advice to young actresses] Learn how to kiss. Now they kiss like they are devouring each other. Show more
[her advice to young actresses] Learn how to kiss. Now they kiss like they are devouring each other. They should see how people like Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant kiss. Do they eat each other's faces? No. Hide
Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.
Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.
[on Gregory Peck] One of the most charming men I've ever met.
[on Gregory Peck] One of the most charming men I've ever met.
Sex appeal is 50% what you've got and 50% what people think you've got.
Sex appeal is 50% what you've got and 50% what people think you've got.
[on Tyrone Power] Tyrone Power was my ideal man.
[on Tyrone Power] Tyrone Power was my ideal man.
Sophia Loren's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (41)
Sophia Loren'S roles
Mamma
Adele Tasca
Natascha
Maria Sophia Coletta Ragetti