Dario Argento

This is my life - I want to tell stories. There is something huge inside me that pushes me to tell stories,…

— Dario Argento

No, it's interesting to remake a film for the contemporary audience today. I think it's a good idea; it needs to respect…

— Dario Argento

My mother was a famous photographer for actresses, including Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida, and so many. I remember I went to school…

— Dario Argento

In each of my characters there is a little of me. Not strictly autobiographical but a little piece of my soul.

— Dario Argento

I also don't like films that are made just to make money, no this kind of film I don't like.

— Dario Argento

I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes.

— Dario Argento

I remembered watching the film from Alfred Hitchcock, 'Dial M for Murder,' and he shot almost all of that movie in one…

— Dario Argento

I make a film - and once I've made it, everyone comes along and says 'Ah! This is a film that's political,…

— Dario Argento

Horror by definition is the emotion of pure revulsion. Terror of the same standard, is that of fearful anticipation.

— Dario Argento

I like women, especially beautiful ones. If they have a good face and figure, I would much prefer to watch them being…

— Dario Argento

I was very young, and I was on vacation with my family, and there was a retrospective of old films, and one…

— Dario Argento

You must push everything to the absolute limit or else life will be boring.

— Dario Argento

If you don't like my movies, don't watch them.

— Dario Argento

Horror is like a serpent; always shedding its skin, always changing. And it will always come back. It can't be hidden away…

— Dario Argento

'Macbeth' is one of the best operas ever, and doing it was a great experience. I added some things to the opera…

— Dario Argento

My life and career is my own adventure.

— Dario Argento

So I haven't thought about the critics for a long time.

— Dario Argento

There's nothing gratuitous about my films.

— Dario Argento

Then I realized my early work did have something special that audiences adored apart from what I humbly thought about them. They…

— Dario Argento

I like films to have something inside, I don't mean a message, I mean something from the soul.

— Dario Argento

Fear has disappeared. No more fear. In Asia, it is different. They've discovered again the fear and the psychology of the characters.…

— Dario Argento

My daughter, Asia, has been in many of my movies. I love working with her. In the beginning, I was not supportive…

— Dario Argento

I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences.

— Dario Argento

I've never gone into analysis. But Freud opened a door, I know.

— Dario Argento

I remember when I was very young, I had a fever - a long rheumatic fever in bed for four months. And…

— Dario Argento