The photographer and the director are where reality and fantasy meet.

I have much to learn from my daughter Sofia. Her minimalism exposes my limitations: I'm too instinctive and operatic, I put too much heart into my work, I get lost sometimes in bizarre things - it's my Italian heritage.

Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea.

I have more of a vivid imagination than I have talent. I cook up ideas. It's just a characteristic.

I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories.

When I was 13, I worked for Western Union. When the telegrams came in, I would glue them on the paper and deliver them on my bicycle.

I wrote the script of Patton. I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives this speech. Ultimately, I was fired. When the script was done, they hired another writer and that script was forgotten.