Roberto Benigni Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches
Roberto Benigni Quotes and Sayings
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Fellini belongs to nature.
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For me, Fellini was like a watermelon. It is there. A watermelon cannot die.
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I remember in the circus learning that the clown was the prince, the high prince. I always thought that the high prince was the lion or the magician, but the clown is the most important.
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In Italy, the country where fascism was born, we have a particular relation with the Holocaust, but as a turning point in history it belongs to everybody in the world. It is a part of humanity.
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It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.
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My duty is to try to reach beauty. Cinema is emotion. When you laugh you cry.
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My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity.
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My mother brought me magicians and witches, because I was very ugly, really revolting. So she thought somebody had put a spell on me - this is the truth - so she made me drink some horrible terrifying potions, for year.
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The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was Ben Hur. We watched it outside in a corn field, and it ran backwards, so the first movie I ever saw was Ben Hur backwards.
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When I first saw a Fellini movie, I came out of the movie theatre and decided to become a lawyer! I thought to myself, it's impossible to make something so beautiful!
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