Reality has a quality of freedom about it that is hard to explain.

The greatest danger for those working in the cinema is the extraordinary possibility it offers for lying.

I don't know whether I am ever bored. I never look at myself.

It's only human and natural that an actor should see the film in terms of his own part, but I, as a director, have to see the film as a whole. He must therefore collaborate selflessly, totally.

Do you really think a man must be strong, masculine, dominating, and the woman frail, obedient and sensitive? This is a conventional idea. Reality is quite different.

I didn't like university life much at Bologna. The subjects I studied - economics and business administration - didn't interest me. I wanted to make films. I was glad when I was graduated. Yet it's odd; on graduation day, I was overcome with a terrible sadness. I realized that my youth was over and now the struggle had begun.

The struggle for life is not only the material and economic one. Comfort is no protection from anxiety.