Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini
Federico Felliniwas an Italian film director and screenwriter. Known for his distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness, he is recognized as one of the most influential filmmakers of all time. Some of his films are placed in polls such as in Cahiers du cinéma and Sight & Sound as some of the greatest films of all time, with his 1963 film 8½ being listed as the 10th greatest film of all time by Sight & Sound...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth20 January 1920
CityRimini, Italy
CountryItaly
Federico Fellini quotes about
Our minds can shape the way a thing will be because we act according to our expectations.
One of the greatest handicaps is to fear a mistake. You have stopped yourself. You have to move freely into the arena, not just to wait for the perfect situation, the perfect moment... If you have to make a mistake, it's better to make a mistake of action than one of inaction. If I had the opportunity again, I would take chances.
It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive.
I always direct the same film. I can't distinguish one from the other.
Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me.
There is abundant testimony that if we choose love rather than self, we gain immeasurably.
It's easier to be faithful to a restaurant than it is to a woman.
Freedom, especially a woman's freedom, is a conquest to be made, not a gift to be received. It isn't granted. It must be taken.
Fate is written in the face.
Everyone knows that time is Death, that Death hides in clocks. Imposing another time powered by the Clock of the Imagination, however, can refuse his law. Here, freed of the Grim Reaper's scythe, we learn that pain is knowledge and all knowledge pain.
There is no such thing as a good paparazzo. A good paparazzo, that's a paparazzo who has had his camera broken. In fact, they are bandits, thieves of photography. (Statement after photographs were published showing Jackie Onassis sunbathing nude.)
We can all pretend to be cynical and scheming, but when we’re faced with purity and innocence, the cynical mask drops off.
A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provided they come close together.
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