Even American artists are terrorized by market forces. If one can't see the films, my wings are clipped. I am no longer concerned about this, because I'm focused on making films. Perhaps one day someone who discovers sunken treasures will… — Lina Wertmuller Copy Share Image
My two souls, the socially conscious one and the lighthearted one, are always in my movies because they find a perfect habitat in my… — Lina Wertmuller Copy Share Image
When you can use dirty words in every situation with everyone, that's a real big liberation. — Lina Wertmuller Copy Share Image
I don't think suicide is so terrible. Some rainy winter Sundays when there's a little boredom, you should always carry a gun. Not to… — Lina Wertmuller Copy Share Image
To love is to be engaged is to work is to be interested is to create. — Lina Wertmuller Copy Share Image
The wonderful thing about films is how they can be understood by so many different people on so many different levels. — Lina Wertmuller Copy Share Image
Some feminists have this party-line attitude, and they can be very extremist. The most enlightened characters in my film are women. — Lina Wertmuller Copy Share Image
For years, the feminists thought of me as an army sergeant. I was too macho for them. — Lina Wertmuller Copy Share Image
Film is my big problem. I am involved too much. I love too much. I've been trying to resolve it for 35 years now,… — Lina Wertmuller Copy Share Image
What is important is not that you have a defeat but how you react to it. There is always the possibility to transform a… — Lina Wertmuller Copy Share Image
I know they call me a crazy lady, but I'm only interested in making movies and having people see them. — Lina Wertmuller Copy Share Image
When I was young, I ran to see Astaire and Rogers, Huston, Lubitsch - they were formative for me. I also read 'Flash Gordon'… — Lina Wertmuller Copy Share Image
