I didn't learn a lot from books. I learned a lot from movies.

Real elegance is simply a true encounter with oneself.

Political debate is of no interest to me. What I want are practical solutions.

What bothers you isn't so much whether you're beautiful or not. What bothers you is the way that people stare.

I'm attached to my land in Pantelleria as if I'd inherited it. Acting is my job, Pantelleria is my home.

With the turmoil, with the vicissitudes, with the pain we inflict on each other, love is possible. Sometimes the roads cross and it's worth doing it. Go for it, it's worth it.

Wine is connected to abundance.

The gospel of becoming a good believer limits the pursuit of God

I suppose, like most young people nowadays, boredom is what you dread most in the world, and yet, I can assure you, there are worse things.

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment.

To abolish fear correctly is to nurture law and order.

It was reported that Anna Kournikova is coming out with her own brand of deodorant. Apparently, the ads show Kournikova holding up her deodorant and saying now only her tennis game stinks.

Seeing that nothing is solid or permanent you begin to make yourself at home in the unknown.

Shakespeare has been praised in English more than anything mortal except poetry itself. Fame exhausts thought in his eulogy.

Im not really about blackness, per se, but about blackness and whiteness, and what they mean and how they interact with one another and what power is all about.

Just because someone disagrees with you doesn't mean you're wrong.

They've come to overthrow the court, sir!