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.

These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played.

Food is a big part of my culture, so everyone knows how to cook. When I came to America and asked a babysitter to softboil an egg for my son and she didn't know how, I was shocked.

I am the daughter of Mr. Neo-realism: I should gravitate towards narrative simply told, character, the truth. And I do love those movies.

But my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome.

If you're sad and you like beer, I'm your lady, ... The Saddest Music in the World.

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