Dino De Laurentiis
Dino De Laurentiis
Agostino "Dino" De Laurentiiswas an Italian film producer. Along with Carlo Ponti, he was one of the producers that brought Italian cinema to the international scene at the end of WWII. He produced or co-produced more than 500 films, of which 38 were nominated for Academy Awards. He also had a brief acting career in the late 1930s and early 1940s...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionFilm Producer
Date of Birth8 August 1919
CountryItaly
create industry italian italian-director money poor shoot
Italian industry was so poor we had no money for studio, to create the set, to go anyplace. We had to shoot everything in the street.
acquired books buying character hannibal italian-director rights
I have the rights to all the books where the character of Hannibal Lecter appears, I acquired these by buying the rights to Red Dragon.
heart mean brain
I always say my age is connected with three Cs. In here, cuore, which means the heart. Up here, cervello, which is the brain. And, of course, down here: the coglioni. I no feel my age, I tell you.
intuition actors scripts
Nobody taught Picasso how to paint - he learned for himself. And nobody can teach you to be a producer. You can learn the mechanics, but you can't learn what's right about a script or a director or an actor. That comes from instinct and intuition. It comes from inside you.
long lucky three
I've been very lucky in my long life. On three continents, in diverse cultures, through happy moments, not-so-happy moments, and moments as marvelous as this one, I've had the privilege of working with the cinema's greatest masters.
producers ifs
If no producer, no movie.
ambition mirrors faces
I see my face in the mirror, and I said, No, my ambition is not to be an actor.
pope dies
The pope dies, you get another pope.
brain cooks
When I cook, my brain stops completely.
instinct
Making movies is all about instinct.
dragons silence stories
After The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, the audience would like to know where, when, and who arrests Hannibal Lecter for the first time. This is the story of Red Dragon.
italian-director likes mr tony
Mr Tony Hopkins says he's willing to do it if he likes the script.