People who have not done their research on me do not know that I am European, born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an Italian father from Napoli and a mother from Alabama who was singing opera and went to Europe, met my dad, fell in love, and then moved back to Rome, where I was raised, between Rome and Hamburg.

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shinning.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

I love my films. I have stacks and stacks of DVDs. I put 'Last of the Mohicans' on the other day with Daniel Day-Lewis. It hurts me to say it because he's a Millwall fan, but I think he's fantastic.

Alvin Martin

Deliberation. The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.

Ambrose Bierce

Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.

Leo Buscaglia

One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.

E. V. Lucas, 365 Days and One Mo

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.

Thomas Jefferson

Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset.

Ann Landers

Optimization hinders evolution.

Anon.

You can observe a lot by watching.

Yogi Berra

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

John F. Kennedy

The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's work can take place, so that the actor can create. And in order to do that, you have to communicate, communicate with the actors. And direction is about communication on all levels.

William Friedkin

We are franker towards others than towards ourselves.

Friedrich Nietzsche