When I was a little boy, I was reading Dante and I was saying to myself 'Bravo, Dante, Bravo.' It's so beautiful, the music, the sound, the meaning. I felt like calling him by phone, like a friend. Roberto Benigni beautifulboybravo Change image and share on social
The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was Ben Hur. We watched it outside in a corn field, and it ran backwards, so the first movie I ever saw was Ben Hur backwards. Roberto Benigni backwardsbencorn Change image and share on social
Fellini and Bunuel changed my life for me, they are my favourites. If it is true that movies are dreams, both of them, Fellini and Bunuel were shooting in a dream way. Roberto Benigni bunuelchangedream Change image and share on social
In Italy, the country where fascism was born, we have a particular relation with the Holocaust, but as a turning point in history it belongs to everybody in the world. It is a part of humanity. Roberto Benigni bearbelongcountry Change image and share on social
My mother and my father went to the cinema for the first time when I made my first movie in 1978. Roberto Benigni cinemafathermake Change image and share on social
I would like to thank my parents in Vergaio, a little village in Italy. They gave me the biggest gift: poverty. Roberto Benigni biggiftgive Change image and share on social
I think that sometimes only comedians can reach the peaks of tragedy. Roberto Benigni comedianpeakreach Change image and share on social
My previous movie before 'Life Is Beautiful' was the same; they didn't release it so much in United States. Roberto Benigni beautifullifemovie Change image and share on social
I'm a storyteller: the crux of the matter is to reach beauty, poetry; it doesn't matter if that is comedy or tragedy. They're the same if you reach the beauty. Roberto Benigni beautycomedycrux Change image and share on social
