I'm terrified by young people who are doing what they think is film making. What they're really doing is taking that convulsed,… — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
As far as commercials were concerned, I did very few, and I did them only when they gave me carte blanche to… — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
I even had success with commercials, which is strange, because out of the six ideas, two won the platinum Minerva in France… — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
Virginia Woolf was one example. She was called the "Lover of 100 Gangsters." — Sergio Leone Copy Share
I don't enter into particulars with [Ennio Morricone]. I give him the feeling and the suggestions of the characters. — Sergio Leone Copy Share
It is clear that the vehicle of the western was a very interesting vehicle for me to contraband some of my ideas. — Sergio Leone Copy Share
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… — Sergio Leone Copy Share
When you manage to express something with a look and the music instead of saying it with words or having the character speak, I… — Sergio Leone Copy Share
My mother was an actress. My father was an actor and a director. I am the son of filmmakers. — Sergio Leone Copy Share
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.… — Sergio Leone Copy Share
My films are often characterized by the lack of women present in them, except for this last one [Once Upon a Time in America]. — Sergio Leone Copy Share
I don't want to do a war film per se. Nor do I want to do a political film. — Sergio Leone Copy Share
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… — Sergio Leone Copy Share
The world is in America. In Italy is only Italy. France is full of France. Germany is full of Germany. In a continent that… — Sergio Leone Copy Share
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… — Sergio Leone Copy Share
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… — Sergio Leone Copy Share
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… — Sergio Leone Copy Share
