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When we talk to somebody and ...

When we talk to somebody and we want to be nice or polite or show our more beautiful side, we try to use the best words that we know. This is what poets are doing. They are cleaning the words, they are inventing the sentiments, they are giving us a way to communicate.

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The first movie I saw - and I...

The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was Ben Hur. We watched it outside in a corn field, and it ran backwards. So the first movie I ever saw was Ben Hur, backwards.

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There is nothing more beautif...

There is nothing more beautiful in the world, enough to lose one's head. A sunset with a long nose, a starry sky that lies, a river searching for its father, a beautiful blue forest. It makes you laugh, it makes you cry, it's very mean, generous, magical, universal, a picture of freedom, of unrestrained desire to live, of pain and joy - a joy so powerful and sweet that it restores the souls in every spot on earth. The story of Pinocchio - nothing more beautiful in the world.

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The first movie I saw - and I...

The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was 'Ben Hur'.

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My father was a farmer and my...

My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity.

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I would like to thank my pare...

I would like to thank my parents in Vergaio, a little village in Italy. They gave me the biggest gift: poverty.

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In Italy, the country where f...

In Italy, the country where fascism was born, we have a particular relation with the Holocaust, but as a turning point in history it belongs to everybody in the world. It is a part of humanity.

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I remember in the circus lear...

I remember in the circus learning that the clown was the prince, the high prince. I always thought that the high prince was the lion or the magician, but the clown is the most important.

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I could have made a small fil...

I could have made a small film and kept all the money from 'Life is Beautiful'. Instead, I spent more money than I had on 'Pinocchio', a very risky film.

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For me, Fellini was like a wa...

For me, Fellini was like a watermelon. It is there. A watermelon cannot die.

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Dante Alighieri was not only ...

Dante Alighieri was not only a Christian poet or a priest, he was a man. He was a real poet. We can understand that the goal of Divine Comedy is beauty. You don't need also to understand Italian or to know Italian, because when Dante's writing, when we recite Dante out loud, it explodes a cosmos of illumination like to recite music, a symphony.

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Stanley Kubrick is one of the...

Stanley Kubrick is one of the geniuses of this century.

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Maybe sometimes I have been w...

Maybe sometimes I have been wrong with some movies. Anyway, I try to do my best.

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'The Divine Comedy' is very s...

'The Divine Comedy' is very sophisticated but also very popular.

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Only comedians can talk about...

Only comedians can talk about death, life, God and Virgin Mary. If I was a tragic actor, I couldn't allow myself. But with this accent I can do it. I can talk with death in person because I am a clown. Yes. And I am proud to be a clown - very much.

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It's a sign of mediocrity whe...

It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.

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The most important thing is t...

The most important thing is to continue to be yourself. The day after the Oscars, you have to get on with your life. To be honest and true to yourself.

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I grew up in Tuscany in a ver...

I grew up in Tuscany in a very poor family. My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity.

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When I was a little boy, I wa...

When I was a little boy, I was reading Dante and I was saying to myself 'Bravo, Dante, Bravo.' It's so beautiful, the music, the sound, the meaning. I felt like calling him by phone, like a friend.

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I am like a cartoon strip; I ...

I am like a cartoon strip; I am like Donald Duck; everybody knows me in Italy.

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