Toni Servillo

Directors are denied a great pleasure, which is that of being on stage.

— Toni Servillo

Neapolitans are extremely empathetic, whereas the typical northern attitude is more about not showing or sharing your feelings.

— Toni Servillo

Politicians in Italy seem to spend so much time giving interviews, they don't have time to make the laws.

— Toni Servillo

A solid theatrical education can only improve a screen performance. It gives you a fuller capacity to read a script and understand…

— Toni Servillo

Each single gesture of art must be daring. One must not be concerned with the side-effects.

— Toni Servillo

I think that beauty can injure you to death. It can cause an injury that can never be cured. Or it can…

— Toni Servillo

Acting requires a lot of discipline to go with the obsession. It's a path of knowledge, and of self-knowledge. Sometimes you get…

— Toni Servillo

Opera is musical theatre, and the music can teach you so much about the theatre. Very often I use musical terms to…

— Toni Servillo