Author: Roberto Benigni

Quotes

The exquisite truth is to believe in something that maybe you know is a fiction, but you believe in it willingly.

The exquisite truth is to believe in something that maybe you know is a fiction, but you believe in it willingly.

- Roberto Benigni

My previous movie before 'Life Is Beautiful' was the same; they didn't release it so much in United States.

My previous movie before 'Life Is Beautiful' was the same; they didn't release it so much in United States.

- Roberto Benigni

My duty is to try to reach beauty. Cinema is emotion. When you laugh you cry.

My duty is to try to reach beauty. Cinema is emotion. When you laugh you cry.

- Roberto Benigni

The most important thing is to continue to be yourself. The day after the Oscars, you have to get on with your life. To be honest and true to yourself.

The most important thing is to continue to be yourself. The day after the Oscars, you have to get on with your life. To be honest and true to yourself.

- Roberto Benigni

My mother and my father went to the cinema for the first time when I made my first movie in 1978.

My mother and my father went to the cinema for the first time when I made my first movie in 1978.

- Roberto Benigni

Maybe sometimes I have been wrong with some movies. Anyway, I try to do my best.

Maybe sometimes I have been wrong with some movies. Anyway, I try to do my best.

- Roberto Benigni

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.

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.

- Roberto Benigni

I'm a storyteller: the crux of the matter is to reach beauty, poetry; it doesn't matter if that is comedy or tragedy. They're the same if you reach the beauty.

I'm a storyteller: the crux of the matter is to reach beauty, poetry; it doesn't matter if that is comedy or tragedy. They're the same if you reach the beauty.

- Roberto Benigni

Fellini and Bunuel changed my life for me, they are my favourites. If it is true that movies are dreams, both of them, Fellini and Bunuel were shooting in a dream way.

Fellini and Bunuel changed my life for me, they are my favourites. If it is true that movies are dreams, both of them, Fellini and Bunuel were shooting in a dream way.

- Roberto Benigni

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