I thank my parents for the greatest gift of all: poverty

In Italy, the country where fascism was born, we have a particular relation with the Holocaust, but as a turning point in history it belongs to everybody in the world. It is a part of humanity.

I am like a cartoon strip; I am like Donald Duck; everybody knows me in Italy.

I would like to thank my parents in Vergaio, a little village in Italy. They gave me the biggest gift: poverty.

Only comedians can talk about death, life, God and Virgin Mary. If I was a tragic actor, I couldn't allow myself. But with this accent I can do it. I can talk with death in person because I am a clown. Yes. And I am proud to be a clown - very much.

It's me, it's my habit to perform live onstage every four, five years. In Italy, it's my habit.

The Divine Comedy' is very sophisticated but also very popular.