Bernardo Bertolucci Quotes & Sayings

“What happened in the late Fifties, early Sixties in French cinema was a fantastic revolution. I was in Italy, but completely in love with the nouvelle vague movement, and directors like Godard, Truffaut, Demy. 'The Dreamers' was a total homage to cinema and that love for it.”

“I remember being young in the 1960s... we had a great sense of the future, a great big hope. This is what is missing in the youth today. This being able to dream and to change the world.”

“I left the ending ambiguous, because that is the way life is.”

“A monoculture is not only Hollywood, but Americans trying to export democracy.”

“Sometimes you are in sync with the times, sometimes you are in advance, sometimes you are late.”

“I am still against any kind of censorship. It's a subject in my life that has been very important.”

“I don't film messages. I let the post office take care of those.”

“I don't see my movies. I think it's healthier and safer to keep a bit of distance. I'm afraid to be disappointed.”

“I think that I used to love Hollywood movies. I remember great phases and moments. But, unfortunately, now is not the moment.”

“You live day by day. You can't build your life.”