“I've been very lucky in my long life. On three continents, in diverse ...” — Dino De Laurentiis Quote

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 as this one, I've had the privilege of working with the cinema's greatest masters.

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

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 would shoot in the street. We had no actors. Nothing. But we wanted to do movies. And we did the best movies in the world.

The pope dies, you get another pope.

I act because I find everything about cinema fun and exciting.

The most important question in American cinema, I've learned, is 'When is lunch?'

Sometimes I get an idea for cinema. And when you get an idea that you fall in love with, this is a glorious day.

I've been pretty lucky to work with directors who were quite influenced by European cinema.

Your relationship to a film, and to cinema, is very much determined by yourself, so what is relevant is you.