It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.
From 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 remember in the circus learning that the clown was the prince, the high prince. I always thought that the high prince was the lion or the magician, but the clown is the most important.
My previous movie before 'Life Is Beautiful' was the same; they didn't release it so much in United States.
For me, Fellini was like a watermelon. It is there. A watermelon cannot die.
I do not think the American peoples are idiots. They are a very playful and sensitive people! I know them!
My duty is to try to reach beauty. Cinema is emotion. When you laugh you cry.
'The Divine Comedy' is very sophisticated but also very popular.
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.
The exquisite truth is to believe in something that maybe you know is a fiction, but you believe in it willingly.
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