Top 10 Best Sophia Loren Quotes

She was born in Rome on September 20, 1934, in a shelter for unmarried women. Until she was eight, her family went hungry, hiding from air raids in a rat-infested railway tunnel. Sophia won a special award for Miss Italy in 1950. She was 15 years old at the time. Sophia initially worked as an extra in Italy’s burgeoning film industry. Then Carlo Ponti noticed her. He changed her name to Sophia Loren and cast her in the lead role in the 1953 film adaptation of Aida.

She arrived in Los Angeles with a five-picture contract from Paramount, but without speaking a word of English. Charlie Chaplin cast her in the 1967 film A Countess from Hong Kong with Marlon Brando. Sophia Loren says working with Charlie Chaplin was one of the greatest moments of her career. She says he taught her the craft. Sophia Loren is the first actress to win an Oscar for a foreign-language film, Two Women.

In 2020, the film The Life Ahead was released, starring Sophia Loren (then 86 years old) and directed by her son Edoardo Ponti. She plays Madame Rosa, a former prostitute who survived the Holocaust and takes care of the children of prostitutes. She has not acted in any films since, telling herself that she would only act for a very special story that would make you cry.

Here are 10 Sophia Loren quotes that reflect her feminine wisdom and charm:

• “The secret to beauty is simple: be happy.”
• “Beauty is how you feel inside, and it’s reflected in your eyes. It’s not something physical.”
• “Love is beautiful. It’s the only thing worth fighting for.”
• “Every time you think about love, think about a new opportunity.”
• “You can be beautiful at thirty, charming at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.”
• “It’s better to have been than never been.”
• “You can’t just be beautiful on the outside. You have to be beautiful on the inside.”
• “As long as you have passion, you can achieve anything.”
• “A woman’s beauty is like a delicate flower – it needs care and nourishment.”
• “Age is not a measure of how many years you’ve lived; it’s a measure of how much you’ve loved.”