MONICA BELLUCCI - WORKAHOLIC AMERICANS LEAVE BELLUCCI EXHAUSTED

Sexy Italian actress MONICA BELLUCCI hates working in America during the summer - because everyone works so hard. The Passion Of The Christ star prefers the laid back European summer work ethic. Currently in New York promoting new action film Shoot 'Em Up, the actress says, "For me life is more important than anything - that's the Italian in me. In Europe, we need a quality of life. "In August, nobody works. Here, there is too much stress. I get overwhelmed. I don't know how you deal with that. It's just another way to do things. "I love America. I come here and I'm full of this energy and I feel alive and then after a while I need to go back and relax a bit."