Film-making is a physically hard job.
I like melodrama because it is situated just at the meeting point between life and theater.
It seems that boredom is one of the greatest discoveries of our time. If so, there's no question but that he must be considered a pioneer.
I could make a film in front of a wall if I knew how to find the data of man's true humanity and how to express it.
The prince in The Leopard was a very complex character - at times autocratic, rude, strong - at times romantic, good, understanding - and sometimes even stupid, and above all, mysterious.
Neurotics would like to sleep all the time, and to be awakened only when there is good news.
It's hard to love a place that's outlawed smoking but finds it perfectly acceptable to serve raw fish in a bath of chocolate.
It's sometimes easier to do the impossible than to do the embarrassing.
Complete freedom from stress is death