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 thank my parents for the greatest gift of all: poverty

My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity.

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

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 belongs to nature.