Luciano Vincenzoni

Do you imagine Sergio Leone with a philosophy? Come on! He was a primitive of movies, a great director on set.

Do you know how long it took me to write 'For a Few Dollars More'? Nine days.

To be a director, you have to be especially patient.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

There is no doubt that, as a society, we have become blase about the importance of marriage as a stabilising influence and less inclined to prize it as a worthwhile institution.

I actually know the moment I became known. It was at the Cannes Film Festival, when they showed 'The Virgin Spring.' I walked into that theater as one person, and I walked out as another.