I've been very lucky in my long life. On three continents, in diverse cultures, through happy moments, not-so-happy moments, and moments as marvelous….

Nobody taught Picasso how to paint - he learned for himself. And nobody can teach you to be a producer. You can learn the mechanics, but you can't le….

When I cook, my brain stops completely..

After The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, the audience would like to know where, when, and who arrests Hannibal Lecter for the first time. This is….

Making movies is all about instinct..

The pope dies, you get another pope..

After the war, there was no industry. We lost the war. We had our whole city destroyed. No money. No studio. No film. No camera. No equipment. We wou….

To me the only real star of the movie is the writer. And I work with writers very closely, from outline to first draft and on to the seventh draft, w….

I always say my age is connected with three Cs. In here, cuore, which means the heart. Up here, cervello, which is the brain. And, of course, down he….

The audience wants to be attracted not by the critics, but by a great story. You must deliver to the audience emotion - and when I say emotion, I mea….

If you lived in a provincial town like Torre Annunziata, where there was nothing to do in the evening but go to the movies with your friends, the cin….

I realized the exciting place was behind the camera with the producer, director and so on..

If you get a book which is 600 pages, you have to reduce it to a script of 100 pages. In two hours of film, you cannot possibly include all the chara….

You have to kill the bad guy..

I see my face in the mirror, and I said, No, my ambition is not to be an actor..

If no producer, no movie..

I have two young girls, 8 and 10. They really keep me young..

My philosophy is very simple. To feel young, you must work as long as you can..