Dario Argento

It's incredible that they censor films. It's sad.

— Dario Argento

If you don't like my movies, don't watch them.

— Dario Argento

Maybe when I stop making movies, I'll understand my work better.

— Dario Argento

I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing.

— Dario Argento

Every writer, to some extent, writes about himself.

— Dario Argento

Paradise is too perfect for humanity.

— Dario Argento

Even in the former Soviet Union, they have good copies of my movies.

— Dario Argento

When I was a teenager, I read a lot of Poe.

— Dario Argento

In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you.

— Dario Argento

I used a Luma crane, a wounderful device; it makes the camera able to go anywhere. It was also used on Friday…

— Dario Argento

In each of my characters there is a little of me. Not strictly autobiographical but a little piece of my soul.

— Dario Argento

When I see a film I've finished, it's like another person made it. Like another mind.

— Dario Argento

But no one should have the right to manipulate my films in the first place.

— Dario Argento

You must push everything to the absolute limit or else life will be boring.

— Dario Argento

You must push everything to the absolute limit or else life will be boring. People will be boring.

— Dario Argento

Each film I make changes me in some way. When I start the picture I'm one person and by the time I…

— Dario Argento

Films are dreams. Many, many critics say to me that my films are not good because they are too unbelievable, but this…

— Dario Argento

Shooting movies has changed, and me too - I have changed. And then, every film I do, something in my mind, my…

— Dario Argento

Horror is like a serpent; always shedding its skin, always changing. And it will always come back. It can't be hidden away…

— Dario Argento

'Macbeth' is one of the best operas ever, and doing it was a great experience. I added some things to the opera…

— Dario Argento

The process of writing and directing drives you to such extremes that it's natural to feel an affinity with insanity. I approach…

— Dario Argento

My daughter, Asia, has been in many of my movies. I love working with her. In the beginning, I was not supportive…

— Dario Argento

We had many good directors - John Carpenter, Brian De Palma - but things have become polluted by business, money and bad…

— Dario Argento

This is my life - I want to tell stories. There is something huge inside me that pushes me to tell stories,…

— Dario Argento

Horror is the future. And you cannot be afraid. You must push everything to the absolute limit, or else life will be…

— Dario Argento

I remembered watching the film from Alfred Hitchcock, 'Dial M for Murder,' and he shot almost all of that movie in one…

— Dario Argento

I like women, especially beautiful ones. If they have a good face and figure, I would much prefer to watch them being…

— Dario Argento

I first came to cinema as a passionate filmgoer, when I was a child. Then, when I was a very young man,…

— Dario Argento

Theres nothing gratuitous about my films.

— Dario Argento

Young girls of 13 or 12 are great actors.

— Dario Argento

So I haven't thought about the critics for a long time.

— Dario Argento

When I was five. That's when I started to love film.

— Dario Argento

There's nothing gratuitous about my films.

— Dario Argento

Without psychology, the horror film doesn't exist.

— Dario Argento

It irritated me that my fans kept wanting me to retread old ground.

— Dario Argento

I've never gone into analysis. But Freud opened a door, I know.

— Dario Argento

My life and career is my own adventure.

— Dario Argento

I'm Dario Argento, and my style is something recognizable I think by the audience.

— Dario Argento

I like films to have something inside, I don't mean a message, I mean something from the soul.

— Dario Argento

I like to watch many things, especially strange films and something recent, not just the story.

— Dario Argento