Art Depends On Luck And Talent.

That's Part Of The Requirement For Me To Be An Artist Is That You're Trying To Share Your Personal Existence With Others And Trying To Illuminate Modern Life, Trying To Understand Life.

When You Make A Film It Is Like Asking Yourself A Question. When It Is Finished, You Know The Answer. Ultimately With All Of Cinema, We Are Just Trying To Learn About Ourselves. I Have Always Used The Opportunity To Make A Film To Learn More About Myself, Which I Am Still Doing.

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.

One Thing That I'm Sure Of Is The Real Pleasure Of Life - It's Not Being Known, It's Not Having Your Own Jet Plane, It's Not Having A Mansion The Pleasure Is To Learn Something

When Newspapers Started To Publish The Box Office Scores Of Movies, I Was Horrified. Those Results Are Totally Fake Because They Never Include The Promotion Budget.