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

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.

The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was Ben Hur. We watched it outside in a corn field, and it ran backwards. So the first movie I ever saw was Ben Hur, backwards.

The Divine Comedy' is very sophisticated but also very popular.

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

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

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.