I usually don't say anything to the actors. It works better for me because when they come to the set, they are at the same time scared and excited because they are not well aware of what will happen.

There are contemporary artists that I hate with all my heart. These are provocateurs that are without feeling. Where is the real emotion?

Thank you to Italy. That is a crazy country but beautiful.

I think cinema has this beautiful component. It's a universal language.

There's one thing that I like about Rome that was stated by Napoleon: that from sublime to pathetic is only one step away. And in Rome there's a constant shifting between sublime and pathetic.

The way I work with my cinematographer is not based on general principles, but the ideas are triggered by the locations where we shoot.

Wasting time is something that people do or feel all over the world, not just in Italy.

The fear of old age is something that one feels when they're younger. Once you get to being old, you're already there, so you don't even think about it anymore.

I don't use Twitter. I'm a serious person.

I hibernate. I hibernate until the next project takes shape in my mind.

Andreotti had style and class; Berlusconi does not

Don’t cover up your sore with your wealth. Your wealth has limitations. At the Limit the sore will embarrassing by surface

A little "thank you" that you will say to someone for a "little favour" shown to you is a key to unlock the doors that hide unseen "greater favours". Learn to say "thank you" and why not?

I purely came over because I thought you looked extremely lonely. You have an extremely sensitive face.

Some mistakes... Just have greater consequences than others. But you don't have to let the result of one mistake be the thing that defines you. You, Clark, have the choice not to let that happen.

Your thoughts, vividly imagined and repeated, charged with emotion, become your reality.

A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.

I had consumed a lot of American culture, but I was not quite prepared for the reality of American poverty.

I am bravery. I am courage. I am valor. I am daring. I am holding a thesaurus.

The only pressure I'm under is the pressure I've put on myself.

Hopefully, I write what I don't know.