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.

I was writing poems when I was young, you know, because my father was a poet, so it was absolutely normal to follow my father.

There's no more film; now everything's digital. I welcome this. It's fantastic for me to have a new chance.

After many, many years, I fell out of love with politics. It's not something I like but it's the truth.

I don't see my movies. I think it's healthier and safer to keep a bit of distance. I'm afraid to be disappointed.

Sometimes you are in sync with the times, sometimes you are in advance, sometimes you are late.

What I was talking about was, of course, very autobiographical - '68 was the moment when all the young people were incredibly excited, because when we were going to sleep, we knew we would wake up not tomorrow, but in the future. There was a sense of future that was the result of the mixture of politics, cinema, music, the first joints. And the movies were a very important part of that cocktail.