My mother and my father went to the cinema for the first time when I made my first movie in 1978.

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

My mother brought me magicians and witches, because I was very ugly, really revolting. So she thought somebody had put a spell on me - this is the truth - so she made me drink some horrible terrifying potions, for year.

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

It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.

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 would like to be Jupiter, and lie down in the firmament and make love to everybody.