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

- Roberto Rossellini

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

- Roberto Rossellini

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

- Roberto Rossellini

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…

- Roberto Rossellini

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

- Roberto Rossellini

I try to capture reality, nothing else.

- Roberto Rossellini