The essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments, or images in a general sense, put together in a kind of alchemy.

Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers. It's for the distributor. The film becomes a brand.

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.

Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film.

I do the things I love on the theory that ? there might be other people enjoying the same things that I enjoy, ... And I just gravitate to what I think is authentic, pleasurable and has quality.

I never went to a psychologist or psychiatrist in my life. Never. You know, Italians are a little prejudiced against that kind of thing.