Valeria Golino quotes:

I can touch my toes, but I bend in a strange way. I'll never be in the Olympics.

I think that it helps that I have acted. That said, it doesn't mean you're going to be a good director.

When I think of Italy now, I think of accessories, possessions, bad TV, fake boobs, BMWs.

I worked with fantastic actors, fantastic directors. People I would never otherwise have met. Was I limited? Yes. Did I use it as I could have? No. But I was always ambivalent about Hollywood and what I wanted. And ambivalence in our business is no good for success.

Miele' is a code name for a girl who has a double life.

I've learned so many things from directors in my acting career. There are even some things I've learned that I didn't want to do. There are those directors who've really made me shine and others who've made me opaque.