Gloria Guida
Gloria Guida (born 19 November 1955) is an Italian actress and model. She is best known for starring in commedia sexy all'italiana, particularly the La liceale series, and also in erotic coming-of-age-drama films in the mid-1970s.
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[edit]- [The most important film I've acted in] Without a doubt, Peccati di famiglia, directed by Silvio Amadio.
I played a fairly well-developed character, who was psychologically balanced.
- Quoted in Lamberto Antonelli, Intervista fuori delle righe a Gloria Guida, Stampa Sera, 6 Settembre 1977, p.20.
- [My debut] It was a somewhat risqué scene, and we were filming in a tiny room full of people watching me.
Determined to send everyone away, I plucked up my courage and said, "If you're in, you're in; if you're out, you're out." As a result, no one moved.
- B. B. Femmina, Stampa Sera, 18 June 1987, p. 20.
- [Retiring from acting] I left acting of my own free will. I wanted to focus on my husband and my daughter, and I was frightened by a show business world that was becoming increasingly unscrupulous and chaotic. At least for me, as I'm fundamentally shy.
- Quoted in Matilde Amorosi, Gloria Guida: “Sono la nonna più sexy d’Italia”, Oggi, 25 November 2011.
- (Marriage with Johnny Dorelli) In our 32 years together, suitcases have been by the front door more than once, but in the end, the desire to keep the family together has always won out. We overcame our crises through dialogue and mutual understanding.
- Quoted in Matilde Amorosi, Gloria Guida: “Sono la nonna più sexy d’Italia”, Oggi, 25 November 2011.
- I worked with passion, with enjoyment and, above all, with a lot of recklessness: I was young, inexperienced and self-taught, and for me it remains an unforgettable period; those are indelible memories.
- Quoted in Alessandra Vitali, Gloria Guida, ma quale sex symbol: "Tornerei al cinema ma a fare una nonna", la Repubblica, 17 June 2013.
- I had retired because I no longer wanted a life of hairdressers, photographers, clothes and interviews. My daughter had been born, and I wanted a real life: as a wife, as a mother, as part of a family.
- Quoted in Gloria Guida su «F»: «Una volta lasciai Johnny Dorelli. Ora invece non litighiamo più», corriere.it, 2 December 2022.
- Returning to acting is exciting and not a given – a bit like the first day of school. And it’s not just because this offer came by chance and I wasn’t expecting it; I found myself in a cinema industry that had radically changed from the one I had left behind.
- Quoted in Gloria Guida su «F»: «Una volta lasciai Johnny Dorelli. Ora invece non litighiamo più», corriere.it, 2 December 2022.
Quotes about
[edit]- I voiced Gloria Guida in five films (between 1974 and 1980), partly because she was initially embarrassed about being dubbed, partly because it would objectively have been very difficult for her, given that in erotic comedies the actors often didn't have the slightest idea of their lines [...].
- Liliana Sorrentino, quoted in Susanna Schimperna, Liliana Sorrentino. Con l'aiuto di nonno Zeus!, in Anime Cult n°. 3, pp. 14-19, Sprea, Cernusco sul Naviglio, Jaanuary 2023. ISBN 9788862671071.
