Mara Venier
Mara Povoleri (born 20 October 1950), better known as Mara Venier, is an Italian actress and television presenter.
Quotes
[edit]- Don't trust people in show business, they're not very sincere. When you're at the top, they're all your friends, but as soon as you have a problem, they turn their backs on you.
- Quoted in Jerry Calà, Una vita da libidine, Sperling & Kupfer, 2016, ISBN 978-889200-6004-6.
- 'Interviewer: What is your relationship with faith? Venier: Strong and unpredictable. I often feel the need to go to church and pray. In Rome, I go to Santo Spirito in Sassia, near St Peter's. I need to talk to God, discuss things, sometimes let off steam. It's a personal, very intimate relationship.
- Quoted in Alla mia Domenica (In) manca solo Papa Francesco, Famiglia Cristiana, 24 February 2019.
- It's very true, I wanted to be a nun. When I was little, I went to the Canossian Sisters, and there was a mother superior who was my role model, and I wanted to be like her. Then, as I grew up, I changed my mind.
- Quoted in Mara Venier intervistata da Carlo Conti: compie 70 anni e rivela, «Volevo farmi suora», Corriere della Sera, 18 October 2020.
- I hope to live in a country where no one has to declare anything anymore. Love exists, period. I would like to get to that point, where no one has to say what their sexual orientation is anymore. We all love, that's it.
- Domenica In, Rai1, 4 December 2022; quoted in Mara Venier: “Vorrei vivere in un Paese dove nessuno debba fare più coming out. Esiste l’amore, punto”, 5 October 2022.
- There are many [gay] young people who write to me, who have great difficulties because sometimes their parents do not accept this. I think this can help some parents understand that a child should always be loved and respected.
- Domenica In, Rai1, 4 December 2022; quoted in Mara Venier: “Vorrei vivere in un Paese dove nessuno debba fare più coming out. Esiste l’amore, punto”, 5 October 2022.
- My breasts? You're exaggerating, they've always been large. Then, when I became a mother early on, they exploded.
- Quoted in Concetta Desando, Mara Venier: «Quando volevo rifarmi il seno perché troppo grande. Oggi sto bene nel mio corpo», vanityfair.it, 13 October 2023.
- From an interview by Alessio Poeta, Gay.it, 23 June 2017
- (About the reason why the homosexual audience likes her) Because, deep down, I am also very gay. Not sexually speaking, of course, but in an introspective way, there is a humanity that truly unites us. It sounds cliché, I know, but all my closest friends, since before anyone suspected anything, are gay.
- I have always hated labels and have never made distinctions between straight and gay people. For me, there is only the person, and I think that every individual should have the same rights.
- Interviewer: Are you in favour of adoption for same-sex couples? Venier: Of course! I really can't understand why there are so many preconceptions. There's a lot of talk about it, but no one understands that behind this issue there is only one word: love, and it's all simpler than it seems. When I talk to friends and colleagues, I always ask, 'Do you really think a child is better off in an orphanage than with two people ready to give them lots of love?
- Gay Pride has a political agenda, but it's still a party. A big party. ... As a party animal like me, how could I not like an event like that? I have a blast. I saw my first one many years ago in New York, in 1985 if I'm not mistaken. I was with Jerry Calà. As soon as I saw it, I was immediately fascinated by all the colour.
- Interviewer: If your son had ever said to you, “Mum, I'm gay”, how would you have reacted? Venier: The truth? I would have loved it. I have size 41 feet and instead of giving my shoes to my trans friends, I would have lent them to him, just for fun.
