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Simona Ventura
16 quotes
“At the age of nineteen, after my first sexual encounter, I became pregnant. I decided to have an abortion, a difficult choice that I would never make again in my life. It was a traumatic experience that happened just a few months before my final exams. My father still does not know, and the father of that child will never know.”
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Recorded in: La Stampa, 7 April 2008.
“The Isola dei famosi where I invested my passion, blood, work and sweat has become something else, a kind of "Grande Fratello on the beach”.”
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Recorded in: Frome the interview Simona Ventura contro L'isola dei famosi: "Vederla ridotta così fa male, è diventata il "Grande Fratello On The Beach", ilfattoquotidiano.it, 17 April 2019.
“I would give up beauty. But then no one would want me anymore.”
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“If you're not smart, how can you survive in this world?”
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“I've always been distant from politics. I'm extremely apolitical.”
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“There's no point in worrying. Every time the government changes, the Rai changes.”
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“Ours is a satirical programme. The important thing is that satire attacks power wherever it comes from. In Rome they say: whoever's turn it is, doesn't sulk. (talking about Quelli che il calcio)”
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“[...] I am the most impartial person in the world. I have intrinsic, automatic equality.”
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“I want to work and live in peace. Does my product work? I'm here. Does my product not work? I'll open a pizzeria. That's it.”
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“I had a lot of red carpet treatment at Mediaset even though I was the last wheel on the bus. They even gave me better food in the canteen. The guys from Gialappa's tormented me: sing, talk, is it true or isn't it true?”
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“My life is a diet. I should weigh around 60 kilos, size 42. If I go down to 59 kilos, my face falls. If I go up to 63 kilos, I look like a whale on TV. My problem is my bottom. And then my clothes.”
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“I am a showgirl, I have to be spectacular. I hate women who play it minimalist on television.”
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“A presenter is always a presenter; you must be credible and authoritative. Recording allows you to cut out dead time and give rhythm, but that doesn't mean that anyone can present. The narrator must be at the service of the programme and accompany the viewer.”
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“I like risky projects, I'm a soldier, not a general. I don't sit around waiting for phone calls, the things I'm given aren't easy. The fear of not being there, no, my past speaks for me and you can't erase it. I like to put myself out there, challenges are won and lost.”
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“Interviewer: Do you still divide people into two categories: good people and cockroaches? Simona Ventura: I divide them into two categories: good people and bad people. I don't fight people who are not decent, I just watch and move on.”
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“(About the Sanremo Music Festival 2004) The record companies wanted to destroy the event [...]. They didn't send any singers, they were all young people, almost all unknown or not signed to record companies. Marco Masini, who won with “Uomo volante”, was not signed to a record label at the time. [...] It was a precursor to today's talent shows, and with hindsight it is recognised as very innovative. [...] It was a train that passed by and I jumped on with my eyes closed. I knew there wouldn't be many opportunities. Sanremo gives you your presenter's licence, even if it was a very difficult, extremely difficult Sanremo.”
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Recorded in: From the interview of Marco Marra at La mia passione, Rai 3, 22 June 2019; as quoted in Massimo Falcioni, Simona Ventura: "Sanremo fu un treno preso a occhi chiusi, fu difficilissimo. Le case discografiche volevano dist…