Roberto Benigni Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“When I first saw a Fellini movie, I came out of the movie theatre and decided to become a lawyer! I thought to myself, it's impossible to make something so beautiful!”

“I would like to thank my parents in Vergaio, a little village in Italy. They gave me the biggest gift: poverty.”

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

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

“'The Tiger And The Snow' is a beautiful movie. I am in love with this idea.”

“When we talk to somebody and we want to be nice or polite or show our more beautiful side, we try to use the best words that we know. This is what poets are doing. They are cleaning the words, they are inventing the sentiments, they are giving us a way to communicate.”

“Stanley Kubrick is one of the geniuses of this century.”

“I grew up in Tuscany in a very poor family. 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.”

“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.”

“Only comedians can talk about death, life, God and Virgin Mary. If I was a tragic actor, I couldn't allow myself. But with this accent I can do it. I can talk with death in person because I am a clown. Yes. And I am proud to be a clown - very much.”