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" If you do what you were born to do, I think you will never grow old. "
Federico Fellini
Born
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" All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography. "
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" Censorship is advertising paid by the government. "
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" I make pictures to tell a story, to tell lies, and to amuse. "
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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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" 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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" It's easier to be faithful to a restaurant than it is to a woman. "
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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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" 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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" If you see with innocent eyes, everything is divine. "
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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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" 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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" Experience is what you get while looking for something else. "
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" A different language is a different vision of life. "
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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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" You exist only in what you do. "
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" It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive. "
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" All artists are equal when they are themselves. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" Fate is written in the face. "
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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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