i have no regrets. regret only makes wrinkles.

Though poor and anxious to work, I refused to alter anything. They would take me as I looked or not at all.... Eventually I profited by looking like myself and not like what was fashionable years ago with certain film technicians in Rome.

I exist only because inside of me and above all else I am only and above all a Neapolitan. Naples exists inside of me, and always will. Fortunately for me there is this treasure that I have inside of me and, when I need it, then I pull it out.

I can cook, I can breathe, I can live!

You have to be born a sex symbol. You don't become one. If you're born with it, you'll have it even when you're 100 years old.

It is very important for an actor or actress to look around at everything and everyone and never forget about real life.

I work when I feel like I can do something that pleases me, that I think I can give a little more than I've given up to yesterday.