Most Italians who came to this country are very patriotic. There was this exciting possibility that if you worked real hard, and you loved something, you could become successful.

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.

When I was about 9, I had polio, and people were very frightened for their children, so you tended to be isolated. I was paralyzed for a while, so I watched television.

An essential element of any art is risk. If you don't take a risk then how are you going to make something really beautiful, that hasn't been seen before?

I used to love going into local hardware stores, to look at little things they made locally. Nowadays it's harder, though you can still do it in Vietnam.

I had an older brother who was very interested in literature, so I had an early exposure to literature, and and theater. My father sometimes would work in musical comedies.

There's nothing creative about living within your means.

Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos.

We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food.

You don't have to specialize - do everything that you love and then, at some time, the future will come together for you in some form.

If the movie works, nobody notices the mistakes... If the movie doesn't work, the only thing people notice are mistakes.

God’s ways and His will come in His own perfect time.

You can only fail to pick the Castellan's pocket once

Revolution should be Syrian, cannot be revolution imported from abroad.

Whatever they did, the Elysians were careful never to be vehement.

When we make mistakes, say, I'm blessed that I have an opportunity to learn from this.

Now success was like lust, she's good to the touch, She's good for the moment, but she's never enough

If only Africa had more mosquito nets then every year we could save millions of mosquitoes from dying needlessly of aids.

I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.

"I'm the greatest thing that ever lived! I'm the king of the world! I'm a bad man. I'm the prettiest thing that ever lived. I shook up the world! I want justice..."

Treat people well on your way up and they'll treat you well on your way down.