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title: "3 Conformist Quotes By Bernardo Bertolucci"
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> [I wanted to have a reaction from the audience. I wanted to be able to talk to somebody, and not be talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernardo-bertolucci/i-wanted-to-have-a-reaction-from-the-audience-i-wanted-to-be-able-to/)

[Bernardo Bertolucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernardo-bertolucci/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/bernardo-bertolucci-10823_able_i-wanted-to-have-a-reaction-from-the-aud_688916.jpg)

> [The conformist understands that the reason of his desperate look for conformism is that he realises he is different and that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernardo-bertolucci/the-conformist-understands-that-the-reason-of-his-desperate-look-for/)

[Bernardo Bertolucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernardo-bertolucci/)

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> [What always made me proud - almost blushing with pride - is that Francis Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg all told me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernardo-bertolucci/what-always-made-me-proud-almost-blushing-with-pride-is-that-francis/)

[Bernardo Bertolucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernardo-bertolucci/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa0/bernardo-bertolucci-10823_almost_what-always-made-me-proud-almost-blushin_2100133.jpg)

## Other authors on Conformist

## More by Bernardo Bertolucci

> [English dialogues are always just what you need and nothing more - like something out of Hemingway. In Italian and in French, dialogues are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernardo-bertolucci/english-dialogues-are-always-just-what-you-need-and-nothing-more-like/)

[Bernardo Bertolucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernardo-bertolucci/)

> [The problem in Hollywood is that they try to become the only kind of cinema in the world, okay? The imposition everywhere of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernardo-bertolucci/the-problem-in-hollywood-is-that-they-try-to-become-the-only-kind-of/)

[Bernardo Bertolucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernardo-bertolucci/)

> [I accept all interpretations of my films. The only reality is before the camera. Each film I make is kind of a return to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernardo-bertolucci/i-accept-all-interpretations-of-my-films-the-only-reality-is-before/)

[Bernardo Bertolucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernardo-bertolucci/)

> [I started very, very young to make movies - I was 21. And at the age of 27, 28, I'd done already three movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernardo-bertolucci/i-started-very-very-young-to-make-movies-i-was-21-and-at-the-age-of/)

[Bernardo Bertolucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernardo-bertolucci/)

> [I think that I used to love Hollywood movies. I remember great phases and moments. But, unfortunately, now is not the moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernardo-bertolucci/i-think-that-i-used-to-love-hollywood-movies-i-remember-great-phases/)

[Bernardo Bertolucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernardo-bertolucci/)

> [I am still against any kind of censorship. It's a subject in my life that has been very important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernardo-bertolucci/i-am-still-against-any-kind-of-censorship-it-s-a-subject-in-my-life/)

[Bernardo Bertolucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernardo-bertolucci/)

> [The problem in Hollywood is that they try to become the only kind of cinema in the world, okay? The imposition everywhere of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernardo-bertolucci/the-problem-in-hollywood-is-that-they-try-to-become-the-only-kind-of-2/)

[Bernardo Bertolucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernardo-bertolucci/)

> [I started in '69 to have psychoanalysis, and I realised very soon that I was changing, and that's I think why my movies were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernardo-bertolucci/i-started-in-69-to-have-psychoanalysis-and-i-realised-very-soon-that/)

[Bernardo Bertolucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernardo-bertolucci/)

> [English dialogue is the best in the world. So dry and direct. The Italian language is beautiful, but it is too literary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernardo-bertolucci/english-dialogue-is-the-best-in-the-world-so-dry-and-direct-the/)

[Bernardo Bertolucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernardo-bertolucci/)

> [I am in love with the idea of doing a movie in 3D. I think 3D would be great for the story I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernardo-bertolucci/i-am-in-love-with-the-idea-of-doing-a-movie-in-3d-i-think-3d-would-be/)

[Bernardo Bertolucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernardo-bertolucci/)

> [Sometimes I think that I understand my movies after I make them. Really. I go very often off of instinct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernardo-bertolucci/sometimes-i-think-that-i-understand-my-movies-after-i-make-them/)

[Bernardo Bertolucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernardo-bertolucci/)

> [I lived in a kind of dream of communism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernardo-bertolucci/i-lived-in-a-kind-of-dream-of-communism/)

[Bernardo Bertolucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernardo-bertolucci/)

> [I'm no longer interested in making political films. There's something old-fashioned about them. Young people now don't care for politics. It isn't present in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernardo-bertolucci/i-m-no-longer-interested-in-making-political-films-there-s-something/)

[Bernardo Bertolucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernardo-bertolucci/)

> [I make movies in order to make things understood, not to be shocking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernardo-bertolucci/i-make-movies-in-order-to-make-things-understood-not-to-be-shocking/)

[Bernardo Bertolucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernardo-bertolucci/)

> [I wanted to have a reaction from the audience. I wanted to be able to talk to somebody, and not be talking just to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernardo-bertolucci/i-wanted-to-have-a-reaction-from-the-audience-i-wanted-to-be-able-to/)

[Bernardo Bertolucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernardo-bertolucci/)

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