Caterina Murino Quotes

Italy, Actress
September 15, 1977

Caterina Murino is an Italian actress from Sardinia. Murino was born in Cagliari, Sardinia, and initially wanted to be a doctor. She finished fourth in the 1996 Miss Italy contest. Having moved to London, she fell in love with theatre and acting, saving up weekly to watch something in the West End theatre.

Back in Rome I did some acting lessons and I realised I loved it more than anything else I had ever done before.

Caterina Murino
- Acting
- Lessons
- Rome
My favourite animal is the koala, but his life would be boring. I would rather be a giraffe so that I could contemplate the beauty of Africa.

Caterina Murino
- Animal
- Boring
- Favourite

I love all the shoe shops in Covent Garden. Laura Lee Jewellery on Monmouth Street for delicate gold jewellery. Every time I get a part in an English movie, I buy myself a piece of jewellery from there.

Caterina Murino
- Gold
- Shoes
- Garden
I have a dream of re-creating the fantastic family I grew up in with my brother and my parents. I am lucky that I have such a good image of family life - my father and mother are still in love, still happy.

Caterina Murino
- Love
- Mother
- Father
My parents wanted me to be a doctor, and they weren't very happy at the idea of me choosing acting as a career. Everyone in my family went to university - my older brother is a lawyer - but when they saw me for the first time at the theatre, they thought, "OK". They like it very much now.

Caterina Murino
- Brother
- Acting
- Theatre