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

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

Sometimes poetry, it is incomprehensible. But we need incomprehensible stuff! It is very healthy to talk about incomprehensible things! It is very healthy! We need it!

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.

Fellini belongs to nature.

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

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