I don't go back home to Sardinia as much as I would like, just for Christmas and family events.

My favourite animal is the koala, but his life would be boring. I would rather be a giraffe so that I could contemplate the beauty of Africa.

Back in Rome I did some acting lessons and I realised I loved it more than anything else I had ever done before.

I can’t and won’t promise you magic sales fairy dust or the Jedi Mind Trick for salespeople – they simply don’t exist.

It is better to know oneself than know to others. So not find fault others see first in yourself. When one experiences truth, the madness of finding fault with others disappears.

I tried acting and all of the arts, I even put out a record album, but what I like the most is business.

I believe it was Shakespeare who said, 'All the world's a stage, and you are CRAP!'

Fiction is most powerful when it contains most truth; and there is little truth we get so true as that which we find in fiction.

Every year, at 8:00 PM on the second Saturday of July, hundreds of people gather along a section of Los Angeles rail track to drop their pants and moon passing passenger trains.

Comic-Con fans are so affectionate, and it's always a lovely way to start a new season.

If you want to be a true revolutionist, you must first quit chewing gum, because revolution requires high seriousness!

Hearing loss is a terrible thing because it cannot be repaired.

One of the great things about being a director as a life choice is that it can never be mastered. Every story is its own kind of expedition, with its own set of challenges.