Without my mother's ambition, her drive, I doubt that on my own I would have pushed myself out of Pozzuoli and into the frightening world that was faraway Rome.

Luck assists fortune, you need to catch the moment. Otherwise the opportunity fades.

At this moment, everyone is in crisis, not only in Italy but all over Europe. Only in America do they make films that are successful all over the world. In Europe, production is quite poor. We have three or four or five films, which is not enough.

Once I put myself into a thing, I do my utmost, my very, very best.

Ignorance has its virtues; without it there'd be mighty little conversation.

Mistakes are the price of an interesting life.

I am lucky. I had a very beautiful mother.