If you get a book which is 600 pages, you have to reduce it to a script of 100 pages. In two hours of film, you cannot possibly include all the characters. — Dino De Laurentiis Copy Share Image
Nobody taught Picasso how to paint - he learned for himself. And nobody can teach you to be a producer. You can learn the mechanics, but you can't learn what's right about a script or a director or an actor.… — Dino De Laurentiis Copy Share Image
I always say my age is connected with three Cs. In here, cuore, which means the heart. Up here, cervello, which is the brain.… — Dino De Laurentiis Copy Share Image
After the war, there was no industry. We lost the war. We had our whole city destroyed. No money. No studio. No film. No… — Dino De Laurentiis Copy Share Image
Mr Tony Hopkins says he's willing to do it if he likes the script. — Dino De Laurentiis Copy Share Image
After The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, the audience would like to know where, when, and who arrests Hannibal Lecter for the first… — Dino De Laurentiis Copy Share Image
The audience wants to be attracted not by the critics, but by a great story. You must deliver to the audience emotion - and… — Dino De Laurentiis Copy Share Image
I've been very lucky in my long life. On three continents, in diverse cultures, through happy moments, not-so-happy moments, and moments as marvelous as… — Dino De Laurentiis Copy Share Image
My philosophy is very simple. To feel young, you must work as long as you can. — Dino De Laurentiis Copy Share Image
If you lived in a provincial town like Torre Annunziata, where there was nothing to do in the evening but go to the movies… — Dino De Laurentiis Copy Share Image
We set ourselves a limit and cut characters which weren't so vital. — Dino De Laurentiis Copy Share Image