When I first saw a Fellini movie, I came out of the movie theatre and decided to become a lawyer! I thought to myself, it's impossible to make something so beautiful!

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

I could have made a small film and kept all the money from 'Life is Beautiful'. Instead, I spent more money than I had on 'Pinocchio', a very risky film.

When I first saw a Fellini movie, I came out of the movie theatre and decided to become a lawyer! I thought to myself, it's impossible to make something so beautiful!

To laugh or cry is the most beautiful thing in the world

Stanley Kubrick is one of the geniuses of this century.

To be in front of an audience and pretending, and to lie, this is the principle of acting.