I think people in Italy live their lives better than we do. It's an older country, and they've learned to celebrate dinner and lunch, whereas we sort of eat as quickly as we can to get through it.

You learn from the mistakes you make and from the mistakes other people make. The truth is, you don't learn from success; you learn from failure.

Things hurt me now. My knees hurt, my back hurts. But your head still thinks it's twenty-three.

I find that as you get older, you start to simplify things in general.

Directing is much more satisfying to me than acting.

I'm interested in making films that ask questions and don't particularly provide answers.

I'm not smart enough and I don't know enough about what's going on.