If a director takes the time to document - to step back to observe - I think it I more honest. Because… — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I even recite the role to the actor if it's not clear. And I beg them not to imitate me, because… — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
Even when I read a book, if the book leaves me the possibility of finding certain solutions or working on my own… — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
I've tried to consider stories that I have read, making them into films, but they would turn out unnatural. If a producer… — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
My discussion is one that has gone all the way from Fistful of Dollars through Once Upon a Time in America. But… — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
I work with intuition. With interpreters. I have my own method. I know exactly what I want from actors. Sometimes, I even… — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
I began to understand that 'America' in reality belonged to the whole world and not just to Americans. The idea of America… — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
America interests me above all because it is so filled with contradictions, interesting contradictions, which change constantly. Even if you've decided that… — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
I must be honest and say that I was under the fascination of films. I was fascinated by all films, even the… — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
If there is an auteur who influenced me - and there is only one - that is Charlie Chaplin. And he never… — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
You see in Once Upon a Time in the West the whole film moves around her [Claudia Cardinale]. If you take her… — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
Virginia Woolf was one example. She was called the "Lover of 100 Gangsters." — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
I don't enter into particulars with [Ennio Morricone]. I give him the feeling and the suggestions of the characters. — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
My mother was an actress. My father was an actor and a director. I am the son of filmmakers. — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I don't want to do a war film per se. Nor do I want to do a political film. — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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