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

Fellini belongs to nature.

The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was 'Ben Hur'.

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.

What is more simple than to tell to a little boy, 'This is not the truth, it is a game?'

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

The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was Ben Hur. We watched it outside in a corn field, and it ran backwards. So the first movie I ever saw was Ben Hur, backwards.