I wanted to have a reaction from the audience. I wanted to be able to talk to somebody, and not be talking just to myself. That's when I did 'The Conformist,' 'Last Tango in Paris,' etc. And I found it… — Bernardo Bertolucci Copy Share Image
If you mention any ideological thing about shooting 'Last Tango in Paris,' I was thinking I was doing a political film. — Bernardo Bertolucci Copy Share Image
English dialogues are always just what you need and nothing more - like something out of Hemingway. In Italian and in French, dialogues are… — Bernardo Bertolucci Copy Share Image
The problem in Hollywood is that they try to become the only kind of cinema in the world, okay? The imposition everywhere of a… — Bernardo Bertolucci Copy Share Image
I accept all interpretations of my films. The only reality is before the camera. Each film I make is kind of a return to… — Bernardo Bertolucci Copy Share Image
I started very, very young to make movies - I was 21. And at the age of 27, 28, I'd done already three movies. — Bernardo Bertolucci Copy Share Image
I think that I used to love Hollywood movies. I remember great phases and moments. But, unfortunately, now is not the moment. — Bernardo Bertolucci Copy Share Image
I am still against any kind of censorship. It's a subject in my life that has been very important. — Bernardo Bertolucci Copy Share Image
The problem in Hollywood is that they try to become the only kind of cinema in the world, okay? The imposition everywhere of a… — Bernardo Bertolucci Copy Share Image
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… — Bernardo Bertolucci Copy Share Image
English dialogue is the best in the world. So dry and direct. The Italian language is beautiful, but it is too literary. — Bernardo Bertolucci Copy Share Image
I am in love with the idea of doing a movie in 3D. I think 3D would be great for the story I want… — Bernardo Bertolucci Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think that I understand my movies after I make them. Really. I go very often off of instinct. — Bernardo Bertolucci Copy Share Image
