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In Europe, we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.

I know if I were in your generation I would be really tired of seeing Sophia Loren as a sex object.

Thank God we're not like America. Everyone wants to look like they're 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.

I am proud of the fact that women have been recognised as being as capable, as able to do the senior jobs in Europe as any man.

When it comes to my style, I'm a proper Italian woman of the modern age!

I really think that women should be allowed to be more European, in this country.

When I was in my teens and 20s, I looked to older Italian and French women. They always seemed so incredibly attractive to me because of their confidence. And because their faces had evidence of age: lines, dark circles, and half-lidded eyes, it made that confidence so rebellious. And that was incredibly attractive to me.

I was the Kate Moss of my day, atypical of what the public wanted, which was Brigitte Bardot. I was always tall, skinny and angular. But now, society has bought 55 years of my marketing 'Carmen,' and I'm considered beautiful. I hope that empowers older women.

I like me Italian girls; half Halle Berry, half Penelope Cruz sort of thing!

Men take much more notice of older women in France, so I might move there. I think I'm a good bet.