I like to be in a huis clos, as the French say - in one place. It's something that in general can create a bit of claustrophobia. But for me, claustrophobia becomes almost immediately claustrophilia. I love it!

Every film I have made has corresponded to a very special moment of my life. I like to think that if someone wanted to reconstruct the story of my life, they can just see my movies and know what I have been through.

A dolly move is a moral commitment.

If you mention any ideological thing about shooting Last Tango in Paris, I was thinking I was doing a political film.

Commuting in a wheelchair is not easy. I live in a very old part of Rome. These cobbles everywhere... terrible! In London, it is the same. Every pavement is uneven.

You know, in ten years you're gonna be playing soccer with your tits, what do you think of that?

Pornography is not in the hands of the child who discovers his sexuality by masturbating, but in the heart of the adult who slaps him.