Author: Roberto Benigni

Quotes

Sometimes poetry, it is incomprehensible. But we need incomprehensible stuff! It is very healthy to talk about incomprehensible things! It is very healthy! We need it!

Sometimes poetry, it is incomprehensible. But we need incomprehensible stuff! It is very healthy to talk about incomprehensible things! It is very healthy! We need it!

- 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

Fellini belongs to nature.

Fellini belongs to nature.

- Roberto Benigni

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 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

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

I could have made a small film and kept all the money from 'Life is Beautiful'. Instead, I spent more money than I had on 'Pinocchio', a very risky film.

I could have made a small film and kept all the money from 'Life is Beautiful'. Instead, I spent more money than I had on 'Pinocchio', a very risky film.

- 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

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

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