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Sophia Loren, 90, reveals her amazing retirement plan after 75 years in Hollywood

Sophia Loren, 90, reveals her amazing retirement plan after 75 years in Hollywood

Legendary screen siren Sophia Loren works more than 75 years, and has no plans to slow down despite her 90 yearsas she revealed in her latest interview.

Sophia told Deadline on Thursday that she never wants to retire, even after a career of almost eighty years.

“I don’t want to think about legacy,” she told the publication. “I want to think about my next film. I’ll think about the legacy when I retire, and I hope I never retire.”

It really is one hell of a legacy; Sofia’s work will be shown at the Academy Museum in November in a series of screenings aptly titled “Diva di Naples.” Two women The actress plans to appear for a Q&A on the film, which won her an Oscar for Best Actress in 1962.

Victory for a 90-year-old football player Two women made her the first actress to win an Academy Award for a foreign-language role, firmly cementing her status as a Hollywood star.

“Game Two women was a turning point in my career, there is no doubt about it she said: “But it was less about challenging that label and more about proving to myself that I could be the actress I always aspired to be.

Sophia Loren attended the Damiani Centenary Gala Dinner at Teatro Alcione on March 14, 2024 in Milan, Italy.© Daniele Venturelli
Sofia said she hopes to never retire

An actress who could immerse herself in a character in the most authentic and realistic way possible and at the same time speak a universal truth about emotions. This film showed me that my emotions, if they are genuine and sincere, can travel the world.”

Sofia actually skipped the Oscars because she didn’t believe she had a chance of winning.

Instead, she recalled, the call she won came from another Hollywood legend, Cary Grant.

Italian actress Sophia Loren reacts to receiving the Oscar for Best Actress in a Film © Halton Archive
The legendary actress won an Oscar for the film Two Women in 1962.

“With my husband Carlowe were in Rome and stayed up all night waiting for a call that never came, she said. “So we thought I didn’t win, which honestly didn’t surprise us. And just when we were about to finish the job, the phone rang.”

I told him it was Carey and the only two words he said were, “You win.” I asked him to repeat it five times because I couldn’t believe it. Those two little words changed my life.”

Sophia Loren in 1970.
The legendary actress won an Oscar for the film Two Women in 1962.

She told the publication that more than 60 years later, that moment has stayed with her. “You’ll never forget the feeling of winning an Oscar, she said. “It’s so many emotions at once.

It’s crazy, empowering, disruptive, amazing, scary, inspiring and humbling. It means a lot, not only because it’s being given to you by your peers, but because you’re getting to be part of a family of actors that you’ve admired and respected your entire life.”

    Sophia Loren was seen on May 29, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.© MEGA
Her work will be shown at the Academy Museum in November.

As for how she got stuck in this largely unforgiving industry, the mother of two said. Deadline that she had to “move forward bypassing any obstacles.

“So that, when faced with an obstacle that you consider insurmountable, you do not choose the easy way, Lauren explains. “You take a deep breath, move on and find the right solution to your problem because you have no choice but to move forward. No plan B, only plan A.”