On beauty:
Many 50-year-old women feel invisible to men. It’s worth remembering that what you project outside comes from inside. When I go to Brazil, I see women who are not skinny at all but they dance in the street with such femininity and sensuality, and their bodies begin to look so beautiful. In Europe, women are not so open to their being. We are much more closed, even scared of opening up like that. That sensuality, that sense of freedom you see with Brazilian women, it doesn’t come from their bodies being perfect. It comes from a freedom. It comes from inside. It’s about how you compose yourself. It’s not about how you are but how you feel. As Oscar Wilde said, beauty is a form of genius but beauty can become boring in two seconds if you don’t have anything else to sustain the curiosity.
On being a ‘Bond girl’ at age 50:
My first thought was, “How can I be a Bond girl at 50?”. After my audition [director] Sam Mendes told me that, for the first time in history, he wanted a woman of a similar age to the actor playing Bond. I told Sam he would be a hero among women for casting me in Spectre. Compared to the Bond girls who have gone before me, I am so much more mature.
… says Monica.
Source: Skinny Curvy
