Explore Quotes by Dario Argento

Without psychology, the horror film doesn't exist.

The Opera was a very cold film, a hopeless and dark film, no hope, no love.

If you make a film normally it's all right, the distributors are helpful and cooperative. But if you make a film that's a little stange, a little bizarre, then all the time it's a struggle with them.

It irritated me that my fans kept wanting me to retread old ground.

I used a Luma crane, a wounderful device; it makes the camera able to go anywhere. It was also used on Friday the 13th Part 3.

I wanted something new, the supernatural. The witch, the sorcerer, I love this. I love the films of the witch and sorcerers and magic, its wonderful!

I like to watch many things, especially strange films and something recent, not just the story.

I'm very interested in portraying homosexual man and woman in my films because I'm interested in their lives and their problems.

I've been lucky enough to have had the luxury of being able to make the picture I've wanted to make each time on my own terms and without compromise.

Every writer, to some extent, writes about himself.

Theres nothing gratuitous about my films.

I like women, especially beautiful ones. If they have a good face and figure, I would much prefer to watch them being murdered than an ugly girl or man. I certainly don`t have to justify myself to anyone about this. I don`t care what anyone thinks or reads into it. I have often had journalists walk out of interviews when I say what I feel about this subject.

But no one should have the right to manipulate my films in the first place.

I like films to have something inside, I don't mean a message, I mean something from the soul.

My life and career is my own adventure.

When I was a teenager, I read a lot of Poe.

In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you.

I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes.

I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing.

I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences.