I watch a lot of football.

Dobrota? To su stvari za ljude sa manjkom drugih, primamljivijih perspektiva.

The thing is, even though you think a lot about your movie, and there’s a lot of preparation behind it, the final end result completely goes beyond it. It’s not something you’re aware of.

I usually don’t say anything to the actors. It works better for me because when they come to the set, they are at the same time scared and excited because they are not well aware of what will happen.

Andreotti had style and class; Berlusconi does not.

I don’t use Twitter. I’m a serious person.

The fear of old age is something that one feels when they’re younger. Once you get to being old, you’re already there, so you don’t even think about it anymore.

There’s one thing that I like about Rome that was stated by Napoleon: that from sublime to pathetic is only one step away. And in Rome there’s a constant shifting between sublime and pathetic.

I think cinema has this beautiful component. It’s a universal language.

Thank you to Italy. That is a crazy country but beautiful.