I see my face in the mirror, and I said, No, my ambition is not to be an actor.

If you lived in a provincial town like Torre Annunziata, where there was nothing to do in the evening but go to the movies with your friends, the cinema was a world of fantasy. I had always been in love with it.

If no producer, no movie.

When I cook, my brain stops completely.

The pope dies, you get another pope.

The audience wants to be attracted not by the critics, but by a great story. You must deliver to the audience emotion - and when I say emotion, I mean suspense, drama, love.

Making movies is all about instinct.