Cinema Quote by Luca Guadagnino

I think that making a movie is not just making the movie - it is also about having thoughtful ideas and embracing all the…

— Luca Guadagnino

As a director, what matters is how you penetrate the soul of the person in front of the camera and let the actor blur…

— Luca Guadagnino

The concept of making a movie in which the director dictates is kind of exotic - and absolutely not truthful. Directing means allowing a…

— Luca Guadagnino

When people think fashion is just the surface of things, I disagree very politely.

— Luca Guadagnino

If you desire something, you don't have it. It is more interesting than enjoyment, because enjoyment erases the mysteries and the vision of desire.…

— Luca Guadagnino

I personally don't think that blood ties should be something that signifies so much more than anything else. I understand perfectly when somebody leaves…

— Luca Guadagnino

I am a Hitchcockian - I still believe that 'Psycho' sets the standard for mother/son relations.

— Luca Guadagnino

My father is a teacher; my mother was a telecom employee. I come from Palermo; I was raised in Ethiopia. I am homosexual. I…

— Luca Guadagnino

I grew up with a concept of cinema as a directorial thing, meaning the director is allowed to sail the ship. Not a dictatorial…

— Luca Guadagnino

I only cast the actors and actresses I fall in love with - truly having an emotion for them, an anticipation and enthusiasm when…

— Luca Guadagnino

I need to have a great deal of control and the ability to share my control with my collaborators and grant them the freedom…

— Luca Guadagnino

I come from a petit bourgeois family, and I've always been drawn to artists and people who choose their own way of life instead…

— Luca Guadagnino