Ever since ROME, OPEN CITY, I have maintained a conscious, determined endeavor to try to understand the world in which I live, in a spirit of humilit….

Don't get married to an actress, because they're also actresses in bed..

Noble acts and momentous events happen in the same way and produce the same impression as the ordinary facts..

I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.

I try to capture reality, nothing else..

The camera's a ballpoint pen, an imbecile; it's not worth anything if you don't have anything to say..