Opera is musical theatre, and the music can teach you so much about the theatre. Very often I use musical terms to think about how I comport myself on stage: I employ 'rubati,' 'ostinati,' 'cadenze.' Finding these parallels is very… — Toni Servillo Copy Share Image
Directors are denied a great pleasure, which is that of being on stage. — Toni Servillo Copy Share Image
Neapolitans are extremely empathetic, whereas the typical northern attitude is more about not showing or sharing your feelings. — Toni Servillo Copy Share Image
Politicians in Italy seem to spend so much time giving interviews, they don't have time to make the laws. — Toni Servillo Copy Share Image
A solid theatrical education can only improve a screen performance. It gives you a fuller capacity to read a script and understand a character,… — Toni Servillo Copy Share Image
Each single gesture of art must be daring. One must not be concerned with the side-effects. — Toni Servillo Copy Share Image
I think that beauty can injure you to death. It can cause an injury that can never be cured. Or it can so traumatise… — Toni Servillo Copy Share Image
Acting requires a lot of discipline to go with the obsession. It's a path of knowledge, and of self-knowledge. Sometimes you get lost on… — Toni Servillo Copy Share Image
Opera is musical theatre, and the music can teach you so much about the theatre. Very often I use musical terms to think about… — Toni Servillo Copy Share Image
