My duty is to try to reach beauty. Cinema is emotion. When you laugh you cry. (Roberto Benigni)
There is nothing has brought them to the world like cinema has, ... I'm grateful to the United States for the art of cinema. (Roberto Benigni)
This is an homage to the master, because I love this movie, and, of course, making a movie -- a comedy about concentration camp, I watched this movie a lot of time, (Roberto Benigni)
I remember in the circus learning that the clown was the prince, the high prince. I always thought that the high prince was the lion or the magician, but the clown is the most important. (Roberto Benigni)
They told me it's a very dangerous subject, but when you fall in love something, you must be brave, courageous, and, yes, I was scared, ... But because when you are in love or you are naked, you feel vulnerable. (Roberto Benigni)
The first part of the story is very funny and very full of gags ... then the second part is not a comedy (and) is exactly a real tragedy. This, to me, was wonderful, the balance. (Roberto Benigni)
I would like to tell that I was really loved, with the simplicity, ... What is more simple than to tell to a little boy, 'This is not the truth, it is a game' (Roberto Benigni)
Culture confers dreams, and you don't touch dreams, ... Now they've cut our dreams. (Roberto Benigni)
It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation. (Roberto Benigni)
It's a real love story in an extreme situation, ... I was afraid of only one thing. I was afraid to offend the memory of survivors on Jewish people, which I respect so much. (Roberto Benigni)
We live with this horror and are surrounded by this horror. (Roberto Benigni)
This is a terrible mistake because I used up all my English (Roberto Benigni)
For me, Fellini was like a watermelon. It is there. A watermelon cannot die. (Roberto Benigni)
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)