Anna Magnani Quotes

Italy, Actress
March 7, 1908 – September, 26, 1973.

Anna Magnani (Italian pronunciation: [ˈanna maɲˈɲaːni]; 7 March 1908 – 26 September 1973) was an Italian stage and film actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress, along with four other international awards, for her portrayal of a Sicilian widow in The Rose Tattoo.

Also known as Stage Actor

Ah, the feeling you get holding a diamond in your hand! It seems to bore into your skin, to burn, to breathe. It's like holding a bit of the moon in your hand.

Anna Magnani
- Feeling
- Hand
- Moon
A divorcee is a women who got married so she didn't have to work, but now works so she doesn't have to get married.

Anna Magnani
- Work
- Women
- She

Please don't retouch my wrinkles. It took me so long to earn them.

Anna Magnani
- Long
[To reporter who telephoned with news of her Oscar:] If you are joking me, I will get up immediately and kill you wherever you are.

Anna Magnani
- Up
- Kill
- Reporter
Great passions, my dear, don't exist: they're liars fantasies. What do exist are little loves that may last for a short or a longer while.

Anna Magnani
- Great
- May
It's so unfair that we should die, just because we are born.

Anna Magnani
- Die
- Born
Children are like puppies: you have to keep them near you, and look after them, if you want their affection.

Anna Magnani