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> [The American public is a very specialized public.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-leone/the-american-public-is-a-very-specialized-public/)

[Sergio Leone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-leone/)

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> [The American public is a very specialized public. The reason it is taken as a realistic film is because inside the fable, I've put that kind of reality in. And it could easily be called, instead of Once Upon a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-leone/the-american-public-is-a-very-specialized-public-the-reason-it-is/)

[Sergio Leone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-leone/)

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## More by Sergio Leone

> [Virginia Woolf was one example. She was called the "Lover of 100 Gangsters."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-leone/virginia-woolf-was-one-example-she-was-called-the-lover-of-100/)

[Sergio Leone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-leone/)

> [ I don't enter into particulars with \[Ennio Morricone\]. I give him the feeling and the suggestions of the characters. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-leone/i-don-t-enter-into-particulars-with-ennio-morricone-i-give-him-the/)

[Sergio Leone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-leone/)

> [It is clear that the vehicle of the western was a very interesting vehicle for me to contraband some of my ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-leone/it-is-clear-that-the-vehicle-of-the-western-was-a-very-interesting/)

[Sergio Leone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-leone/)

> [Especially in gangster films, with the gangster's moll - she would always be more or less of an object. And I'm not convinced of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-leone/especially-in-gangster-films-with-the-gangster-s-moll-she-would/)

[Sergio Leone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-leone/)

> [When you manage to express something with a look and the music instead of saying it with words or having the character speak, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-leone/when-you-manage-to-express-something-with-a-look-and-the-music/)

[Sergio Leone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-leone/)

> [My mother was an actress. My father was an actor and a director. I am the son of filmmakers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-leone/my-mother-was-an-actress-my-father-was-an-actor-and-a-director-i-am/)

[Sergio Leone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-leone/)

> [It's a little hard to avoid putting both war and politics in, in that they both come into the activity, but on their own.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-leone/it-s-a-little-hard-to-avoid-putting-both-war-and-politics-in-in-that/)

[Sergio Leone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-leone/)

> [ My films are often characterized by the lack of women present in them, except for this last one \[Once Upon a Time in America\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-leone/my-films-are-often-characterized-by-the-lack-of-women-present-in-them/)

[Sergio Leone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-leone/)

> [I always fish out antique ideas, very old ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-leone/i-always-fish-out-antique-ideas-very-old-ideas/)

[Sergio Leone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-leone/)

> [I don't want to do a war film per se. Nor do I want to do a political film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-leone/i-don-t-want-to-do-a-war-film-per-se-nor-do-i-want-to-do-a-political/)

[Sergio Leone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-leone/)

> [I'm not saying that the Americans had the same impact as the Jesuits, but I do see them as a very specialized populace, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-leone/i-m-not-saying-that-the-americans-had-the-same-impact-as-the-jesuits/)

[Sergio Leone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-leone/)

> [The world is in America. In Italy is only Italy. France is full of France. Germany is full of Germany. In a continent that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-leone/the-world-is-in-america-in-italy-is-only-italy-france-is-full-of/)

[Sergio Leone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-leone/)

> [What I do is give Ennio Morricone suggestions and describe to him my characters, and then, quite often, he'll possibly write five themes for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-leone/what-i-do-is-give-ennio-morricone-suggestions-and-describe-to-him-my/)

[Sergio Leone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-leone/)

> [ I didn't want \[actress\] just to be a woman standing at the window, waving hello and goodbye to men as they came and went… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-leone/i-didn-t-want-actress-just-to-be-a-woman-standing-at-the-window/)

[Sergio Leone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-leone/)

> [Sometimes, I even recite the role to the actor if it's not clear. And I beg them not to imitate me, because I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-leone/sometimes-i-even-recite-the-role-to-the-actor-if-it-s-not-clear-and-i/)

[Sergio Leone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-leone/)

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