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

Federico Fellini

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

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

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" I am not the kind of director who sits in a chair smoking a cigar talking with a microphone to 10 assistants. I need to move. To touch. To put a painting on a wall. To arrange a set. "

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" Fate is written in the face. "

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" I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist, it's precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and the rest of it. "

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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. "

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

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

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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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" Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be. "

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

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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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" 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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" All artists are equal when they are themselves. "

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" You exist only in what you do. "

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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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" My relationship with my body has changed. I used to consider it as a servant who should obey, function, give pleasure. In sickness, you realise that you are not the boss. It is the other way around. "

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