Gorgeous Italian actress Monica Bellucci is hot at 44 years old!  She talked to the Daily Mail about just how she stays that way.

On maintaining her sexy curves:

If I do a role where I have to lose weight, I can do that: I eat meat, fish, vegetables, and I lose it right away. But sometimes I do a role where I have to gain weight, and I can tell you I prefer that!

But she’s no workout junkie:

It’s impossible with my kind of life. Get up at 5am to get to a gym and then be on set at six? Impossible! So instead of going to the gym I dress in black.  A lot more practical, and much more fun.

What about beauty secrets?

I don’t have any.  It has to come from inside. If you don’t feel good, it’s impossible to look good – not just for girls, but for women who’ve already had a life, and experiences.

She does have one beauty essential, though – lipstick!

I have loads of them. Mostly neutrals and nudes. But once in a while I’ll put on a classic red, and it instantly reminds me of my mother and my grandmother – putting on her red lipstick before she went to church, even as a very old woman. That is such a beautiful image for me, because it says that she still had her femininity, was still taking care of herself. I hope I will be like that. I have full lips and they dry out really fast, so I have to keep them moisturised. Lips are very important. You speak with your mouth, you eat with your mouth, you kiss with your mouth…

Lips are, in fact, very important to Monica, who is the face of Dior’s new anti-aging lipstick, Serum de Rouge, available this fall.

I love that she has such a healthy attitude about food, her body and beauty.  American actresses, take note!

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