The way I work with my cinematographer is not based on general principles, but the ideas are triggered by the locations where we shoot.

There are contemporary artists that I hate with all my heart. These are provocateurs that are without feeling. Where is the real emotion?

Thank you to Italy. That is a crazy country but beautiful.

I think cinema has this beautiful component. It's a universal language.

There's one thing that I like about Rome that was stated by Napoleon: that from sublime to pathetic is only one step away. And in Rome there's a constant shifting between sublime and pathetic.

Wasting time is something that people do or feel all over the world, not just in Italy.

The fear of old age is something that one feels when they're younger. Once you get to being old, you're already there, so you don't even think about it anymore.

I don't use Twitter. I'm a serious person.

I usually don't say anything to the actors. It works better for me because when they come to the set, they are at the same time scared and excited because they are not well aware of what will happen.

I hibernate. I hibernate until the next project takes shape in my mind.

Andreotti had style and class; Berlusconi does not

Life is an amazingly mysterious and interesting game. To win, you have to play with the magical powers of love and kindness.

General assumptions often lead to erroneous conclusions, but one cannot go far wrong in always assuming that whatever one's government is saying is a lie.

But I do not actually remember being a monster. I just remember wanting my own way.

you know the way of the wind in the night—the desolate alleys my soul takes

By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses one misses more nonsense than sense.

Only in black and white can I see the design and textures. I don't consider color photography art. Black and white is an interpretation. Color is a duplication.

Other people's children's birthday parties are the most joyful events you will ever resent having to attend.

You completely unscatter me, and I appreciate that too much.

I love to cook so much. I like to cook everything. I really like to eat my food.

Ramadan is, in its essence, a month of humanist spirituality.