Paolo Sorrentino quotes
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“I hibernate. I hibernate until the next project takes shape in my mind.”
-- Paolo SorrentinoSource : "And the Winner Is: 'The Great Beauty' for Best Foreign Language Film". Interview with Sydney Levine, www.indiewire.com. March 3, 2014.
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“There are contemporary artists that I hate with all my heart. These are provocateurs that are without feeling. Where is the real emotion?”
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“I do read a lot. I read more than I watch movies.”
-- Paolo SorrentinoSource : "And the Winner Is: 'The Great Beauty' for Best Foreign Language Film". Interview with Sydney Levine, www.indiewire.com. March 3, 2014.
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“I usually don't say anything to the actors. It works better for me because when they come to the set, they are at the same time scared and excited because they are not well aware of what will happen.”
-- Paolo SorrentinoSource : "Paolo Sorrentino Talks Roman Decadence in 'The Great Beauty'". Interview with Brian Brooks, www.filmlinc.org. November 14, 2013.
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“The fear of old age is something that one feels when they're younger. Once you get to being old, you're already there, so you don't even think about it anymore.”
-- Paolo SorrentinoSource : "Director's Cut: Paolo Sorrentino ('The Great Beauty')". Interview with David Ehrlich, www.mtv.com. November 14, 2013.
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“Wasting time is something that people do or feel all over the world, not just in Italy.”
-- Paolo SorrentinoSource : "Paolo Sorrentino Explains How ‘The Great Beauty’ Is About More Than Italy’s Weary Upper Class" by Eric Kohn, www.indiewire.com. November 14, 2013.
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“The way I work with my cinematographer is not based on general principles, but the ideas are triggered by the locations where we shoot.”
-- Paolo SorrentinoSource : "Paolo Sorrentino Talks Roman Decadence in 'The Great Beauty'". Interview with Brian Brooks, www.filmlinc.org. November 14, 2013.
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“There's one thing that I like about Rome that was stated by Napoleon: that from sublime to pathetic is only one step away. And in Rome there's a constant shifting between sublime and pathetic.”
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“The thing is, even though you think a lot about your movie, and there's a lot of preparation behind it, the final end result completely goes beyond it. It's not something you're aware of.”
-- Paolo SorrentinoSource : "Director's Cut: Paolo Sorrentino ('The Great Beauty')". FILM.COM Interview, www.mtv.com. November 14, 2013.
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“I don't use Twitter. I'm a serious person.”
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“I think cinema has this beautiful component. It's a universal language.”
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“Thank you to Italy. That is a crazy country but beautiful.”
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“Andreotti had style and class; Berlusconi does not”
-- Paolo Sorrentino
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