She [Monica Vitti] was a great actress, but a very difficult person. I am not in contact with her at the moment because she is very sick. Not a generous woman, I have to say. I don't see her much.

I am a big fan of[Barak] Obama.I'd like to lie on the ground and have him walk over me.

Always care for the writing part first. Every good film project starts with good writing. If you have a good script, everything else follows. Writing is crucial.

I surely haven't only dealt with film people. As a lawyer, I also fought against evictions, or worked on leases - the unglamorous side of the business.

Today's consumerism has changed things. I think children are much less creative now.

My father was everything to me. Unlike my mother - I didn't have a special affinity with her.

Work is a great thing. This is something my father taught me. He didn't want me to grow up to be somebody's wife.

He[ Italo Calvino] always said it would be impossible to try to make films out of his books, though he hoped it would happen because that's where the money was.

I was born in Rome on March 11, 1923. Because of my age, I've become a piece of this country's history, but it's also true that a certain strand of Italy's film history has passed though me.

Everything has changed now. The world has changed. It surprises me to be on the forefront. I've lost all dignity! I give interviews! I make movies! I'm amazed at myself.

I've never been in love with Marcello [Mastroianni]. I wasn't even attracted to him physically. I admired him. I followed him and supported him, but nothing ever clicked.

When someone offers you lines like that, he must be Mephistopheles and you must be Faust. You know you shouldn't succumb to such language, but you succumb.

We can help pave the roads of those around us, but we can't choose their direction.

Don’t be defined by someone else’s definition of you.

Little flowers get more attention than the big mountains simply because they emit love around themselves!

My preparation for roles are less about the character's profession than who they are, what their dreams are, and in what way are they childish.

Science is nothing more than a neverending search for the truth.

The only thing I can definitely say is that you cease to be self-conscious after you've had to kiss somebody on-camera with 30 people watching.

When I see beautiful clothes, I want to keep them, preserve them... Clothes, like architecture and art, reflect an era.

When people don't have an objective, there's much less dynamic effort, and that makes life a lot less interesting.

The point is Obama didn't care that the jobs were leaving, folks!