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I'm a big fan of Italian neo-realism and all of that stuff.

Then I realized my early work did have something special that audiences adored apart from what I humbly thought about them. They occupy a distinguished niche in Italian film history and probably always will.

There's no big splashy renaissance in Italian films. We have good young actors and directors. What we lack are screenwriters. It's hard to write about Italy.

I think my favorite, and Coppola and that whole thing. East coast Italian directors I guess.

I like Italian movies. I was frequently there in the '60s, in Rome and the vicinity. It was a great period in life. I was very influenced by their stuff.

I tend to read mostly 20th-century fiction, 20th-, 21st-century fiction in Italian.

When it comes to my style, I'm a proper Italian woman of the modern age!

I like any film where the female characters are complex and have a functioning imperfection.

I love Italian fashion - the sense of style that Italians have as part of their DNA. Nobody is like them.

I'm going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film.