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" Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it. "

Federico Fellini

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" The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the charm, the hypnotic charisma, the authority it once commanded. The image it once held for us all - that of a dream we dreamt with our eyes open - has disappeared. "

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" In 'Roma,' I wanted to get across the idea that underneath Rome today is ancient Rome. So close. I am always conscious of that, and it thrills me. Imagine being in a traffic jam at the Coliseum! Rome is the most wonderful movie set in the world... As was the case with many of my film ideas, it was inspired by a dream. "

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" A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together. "

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" The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world. "

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" If you see with innocent eyes, everything is divine. "

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" Censorship is advertising paid by the government. "

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" Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real. "

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" Fate is written in the face. "

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" There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life. "

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" I make pictures to tell a story, to tell lies, and to amuse. "

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" You exist only in what you do. "

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" I do not need a producer. I need only a good production manager. I need only a man who will give me money. "

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" Experience is what you get while looking for something else. "

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" All artists are equal when they are themselves. "

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" It's easier to be faithful to a restaurant than it is to a woman. "

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" It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive. "

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" If you do what you were born to do, I think you will never grow old. "

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" No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite. "

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" Talking about dreams is like talking about movies, since the cinema uses the language of dreams; years can pass in a second, and you can hop from one place to another. It's a language made of image. And in the real cinema, every object and every light means something, as in a dream. "

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" A different language is a different vision of life. "

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