Young people of this century, like my son, didn't live through all those things that went on during that period of time, from 1930 to 1950. They're missing that experience. To go from a bicycle to a vehicle that takes somebody to the moon - only we saw this kind of thing.

I've always believed that true cinema is cinema of the imagination.

Women had enormous weight in America. And they still have. Because they are truly the padrone [owners, masters] of America.

My life, my reading, everything about me revolves around the cinema. So for me, cinema is life, and vice-versa.

It is clear that the vehicle of the western was a very interesting vehicle for me to contraband some of my ideas.

The Jesuits use this kind of training, or, let's say it this way: The Jesuit General imposes this kind of structure; he encourages the young men to specialize. Because getting ten of them together, you have the best of everything. But this does not mean that this system is good for the Jesuits all over. They're all available to the cause.

Sometimes, I even recite the role to the actor if it's not clear. And I beg them not to imitate me, because I'm not a good actor.