I was always fascinated by the infinite, strange and 'scandalous' ways that insects copulate.

I believe in a set of values I cannot live by.

Women who stay true to themselves are always more interesting and beautiful to me: women like Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keeffe and Anna Magnani - women who have style, chic, allure and elegance. They didn't submit to any standard of beauty - they defined it.

Although Dorothy in Blue Velvet was humiliated and hurt by men, basically I could react to how she felt.

I was always fascinated by the infinite, strange and 'scandalous' ways that insects copulate.

To me, it is very important to have perfume in which it is hard to recognize a particular flower or scent. That gives a touch of mystery.

Mama wrote a letter to my father saying' I want to work with you' and she ended the letter saying' in Italian I can only say ti amo( I love you)' and of course the press used that to say women are sexual predators, in 1949 they made a first film together,' Stromboli', and they fell in love and my mother became pregnant with my brother Roberto before she could obtain a divorce.