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

Dante Alighieri is a universal poet, and great creators, they are writing for everybody always. Every single verse is very moving, and the beauty - if we don't understand, we just stay listening to the sound and it's like hearing music.

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.

For me, Fellini was like a watermelon. It is there. A watermelon cannot die.

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

I do not think the American peoples are idiots. They are a very playful and sensitive people! I know them!

You're serving. You're not a servant. Serving is a supreme art. God is the first servant. God serves men but he's not a servant to men. - Eliseo Orefice