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Maria Bello

(1967) Actor United States

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Maria Bello is an actor from the United States, best known for História da República, 1889-1954.

Quick Facts About Maria Bello

Born: April 18, 1967
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor
Notable works: História da República, 1889-1954
Spouse: Dominique Crenn

About Maria Bello

Maria Bello is an American actress and producer. Her first major film role was in 1998's Permanent Midnight. She followed this with a range of supporting and leading parts in films such as Payback (1999), Coyote Ugly (2000), The Cooler (2003), Secret Window (2004), Assault on Precinct 13, A History of Violence, Thank You for Smoking, World Trade Center (2006), The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), Grown Ups (2010), Prisoners (2013), and Lights Out (2016).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Max Mara Face of the Future Award

Quotes by Maria Bello

I was always anti-marriage. I didn't understand monogamy. I couldn't figure out how that could last. And then I met Bryn and…

Beauty

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There's usually not a lot of rehearsal when you do films.

Cinema

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Life goes so fast, and there is so much to do. But the moments that have enriched my life the most came…

Care

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I think most women these days can understand me juggling a career with being a mom because most of us do. I…

Being a mom

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There is always one person on the set who has a lot of anxiety, an actor who is really intense and has…

Actors

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I think a lot of people become actors because they have a great reservoir and repertoire of many different emotions they felt…

Actors

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I'm interested in people who have lived, who are searching and questioning.

People

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People tend to think when you're on dramatic films, that it's all so heavy, but it's really not when you're working with…

Actors

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You can be feminine and strong, at the same time. You can be a bad-ass and, at the same time, have a…

Ass

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My mother told me when I was a kid that each time we get to what feels like the edge of a…

Caught

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I think my work as an actress is less about a director and more about a person. You feel you can trust…

Best friend

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You serve the best by doing what you love the most.

Doing what you love

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I want to do more action adventures and more romantic comedies.

Action

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I just have a gut feeling about something, if I really want to do it, if I'm excited about it, if I…

Different

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I don't really have a method or a technical process. I studied [Sanford] Meisner, and that's the thing that really works for…

Actors

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I feel like, in a way, after doing it for so many years, you learn a certain concentration and how to turn…

And off

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People are kinda still a bit puritanical, perhaps. People don't expect a woman to feel so open, in a way, about her…

Actors

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I never liked the whole idea of [creating your own] background, if it's not pertinent, where the character lived as a child,…

Backgrounds

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At first I didn't know if I wanted to do TV again. I can get bored quickly.

Again

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When I had my son, it was the worst day and the best day of my life because I realized that I…

Able

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I remember listening to 'Maniac' and running around and thinking I'm going to be somebody someday.

Around

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So many actors wear wigs nowadays. Besides, if someone is hiring me because of how I wear my hair, I don't want…

Actors

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When I do Pilates, or when I do work out, I feel better all day. Yet I still struggle to keep it…

Feel better

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I'm a girl who loves fashion. I'm such a Cinderella - I love to put on a great dress and heels. It's…

Dresses

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I don't think you understand what levels or what fears until you have a child of your own. I mean, I've never…

Children

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