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

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

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

The most important thing is to continue to be yourself. The day after the Oscars, you have to get on with your life. To be honest and true to yourself.

Fellini and Bunuel changed my life for me, they are my favourites. If it is true that movies are dreams, both of them, Fellini and Bunuel were shooting in a dream way.

The exquisite truth is to believe in something that maybe you know is a fiction, but you believe in it willingly.

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.