Quotes

Creating the kind of connections between people that lead to collective civic action, political expression, community dialogue, shared cultural experiences.

Find a good teacher, don't betray yourself to succeed and be a better person before being a better actor.

Perfection? Being the most human you can be.

Average acting is like jerking without an orgasm

I would rather remember even if sometimes it can be very painful.

I want to be spontaneous like a wild animal.

The sound of the human voice is the best of nature but only if it comes out from the feelings.

Sometimes I wonder if it does exist such a thing called personality.

Follow your body because most of the time it knows where to go.

I believe that nowadays we are in the process of establishing a new relationship between humanity, creativity and nature.

Wine making is an artistic creation in which you deal with a variety of styles, colors, and inspiration therefore good wine, like good art, can evoke emotions, sensations and create an experience which leaves a lasting impression.

We know how we were born, but know not how we will die.

For me personally, The Organic Creative Process helped me to discover what kind of actor I want to be; but this is a process that goes beyond acting. It actually revealed to me what I want to do in my life and that I have to work hard to make it real.

A great many a drop of water will create a creek.

The film that has influenced me the most is probably Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho (1991), with whom I had the chance to work while in the US. Seeing that movie during a time of my life in which I was exploring my sexuality and looking at the work of River Phoenix made me dream about acting in a film.

Ellen Stewart has been a very important figure in my life. She had so much to say about art and theater but most of all she showed me that love is the most powerful tool in life.

I thank Giancarlo Giannini for having taught me how to use my voice.

I believe that if everyone would follow what they want it would be a very different world.

The search for truth in artistic expression is the core of the work in the realistic school of acting.

I am very pleased that my commitment to acting as a transformative art form has been recognized ..... I did my best not to fall into clichés by observing the gay scene in Berlin in its most diverse forms, working also on my feminine side.

I remember a whole session at the Actors Studio in New York on the cathartic value of the word "fuck": swear words are liberating for a method actor. In the film, on the contrary, I had to maintain the reality of my character, while speaking a strictly cultured language: it has been a real challenge. I would have liked it so much to be able to say also some crudity...! [ Referring to his role as Salvo in Affittasi Vita (2019)

The Strasberg family has been an example of sincere dedication to the acting craft and the actors who came out of this movement commonly associated with the Method made the history of modern acting.

The Method tends to be linear, almost like a 19th century mechanistic way of thinking in its search for a cause that produces the desired effect.

There is also a therapeutic component in the Organic Creative Process: with the exploration of the various characters, the actor develops the knowledge of himself, even through suffering.

I believe that nature and art can express one of the fundamental mysterious truths of life, equal to all of us.

I believe that to live the life you want to live, you need to be courageous, and being an artist is an act of rebellion.

Each time I work on a character I always try my best to put myself in its shoes as a human being rather than an actor.

I think I have absorbed the original spirit of the Actors Studio at a young age where actors kept working on themselves regardless of their material success.

I am convinced that the defense of our most precious common good, our Planet, must be carried out through a solid communion of purpose.