We set ourselves a limit and cut characters which weren't so vital.

After the war, there was no industry. We lost the war. We had our whole city destroyed. No money. No studio. No film. No camera. No equipment. We would shoot in the street. We had no actors. Nothing. But we wanted to do movies. And we did the best movies in the world.

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.

It's a fantastic review. Sixty percent of the American reviews are sensational, 20% are mixed, not so good.

I have two young girls, 8 and 10. They really keep me young.

My philosophy is very simple. To feel young, you must work as long as you can.

If you get a book which is 600 pages, you have to reduce it to a script of 100 pages. In two hours of film, you cannot possibly include all the characters.

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.

The pope dies, you get another pope.

I realized the exciting place was behind the camera with the producer, director and so on.

When I cook, my brain stops completely.

We set ourselves a limit and cut characters which weren't so vital.

If you lived in a provincial town like Torre Annunziata, where there was nothing to do in the evening but go to the movies with your friends, the cinema was a world of fantasy. I had always been in love with it.

If no producer, no movie.

I see my face in the mirror, and I said, No, my ambition is not to be an actor.

To me the only real star of the movie is the writer. And I work with writers very closely, from outline to first draft and on to the seventh draft, whatever it takes. Then my job is to support the director to make the best movie we can. Some producers try to go past them, but my job is to support them.

The audience wants to be attracted not by the critics, but by a great story. You must deliver to the audience emotion - and when I say emotion, I mean suspense, drama, love.

Making movies is all about instinct.

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.

These scenes deal with what happened before Hannibal Lecter was captured for the first time.

Mr Tony Hopkins says he's willing to do it if he likes the script.

I see my face in the mirror, and I said, 'No, my ambition is not to be an actor.'

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and will never be.

People say that I'm always late, but that's a myth.

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.

In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end.

The events of September 11 and what has happened since have made people understand that even a small, distant and far away country like Afghanistan cannot be left to break up into anarchy and chaos without consequences for the whole world.

Is letting our children watch TV a form of child abuse? If our children grow up knowing everything about Britney Spears and nothing about nature or faith, about anything, is that not a form of child abuse?

I do believe in God. I don't believe in God as a person, but I believe in God as a state of energy and consciousness that we all share.

I did very well when I was younger, and I am fine.

I do get around. Geographically, that is.

I believe the 'Jeopardy!' test is more difficult than being a contestant on the program.

Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired.

Leadership experts and the public alike extol the virtues of transformational leaders - those who set out bold objectives and take risks to change the world. We tend to downplay 'transactional' leaders, whose goals are more modest, as mere managers.

He who overcomes himself is divine. Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it.

I'll admit, sometimes I've paid the bills with acting. You know the phrase, 'It's one for the money, two for the showreel.' I don't want that as a director. I don't want to compromise myself. There's a big old wide world out there. I want to explore it.

I state in my book 'Become Your Own Matchmaker,' confidence is the key to any endeavor. Women don't realize that when they do things they love and are passionate about - their confidence soars. Men are attracted to women who feel happy and decisive about life.

Be you. Do you. For you.

History must repeat itself because we pay such little attention to it the first time.

I have written too much about lives - I feel I have lived for too long.

I am a local economic revitalization strategist. But I am also a TV/radio host, and a small business owner. I find ways to use money more efficiently to realize positive goals for everyone.

I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the confusion of voices. What role does silence have in all this noise?

Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.

Running has been great for keeping me fit throughout my acting career.

I was concerned about filling my life up with something important to me. To me, it was just necessary.

To some extent, people who are insane are nonconformists, and society and their family wish they would live what appear to be useful lives.