Quotes by Roberto Benigni

About Roberto Benigni:

Roberto Remigio Benigni is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and director. He co-wrote, directed and acted in the 1997 film, Life Is Beautiful, which garnered him the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He also portrayed Inspector Clouseau's son in Son of the Pink Panther (1993) has collaborated with filmmaker Jim Jarmusch in three of his films: Down by Law (1986), Night on Earth (1991) and Coffee and Cigarettes (2003).
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In Italy, the country where fascism was born, we have a particular relation with the Holocaust, but as a turning point in history it belongs to everybody in the world. It is a part of humanity.

Roberto Benigni

Only comedians can talk about death, life, God and Virgin Mary. If I was a tragic actor, I couldn't allow myself. But with this accent I can do it. I can talk with death in person because I am a clown. Yes. And I am proud to be a clown - very much.

Roberto Benigni

Fellini and Bunuel changed my life for me, they are my favourites. If it is true that movies are dreams, both of them, Fellini and Bunuel were shooting in a dream way.

Roberto Benigni

My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity.

Roberto Benigni

I could have made a small film and kept all the money from 'Life is Beautiful'. Instead, I spent more money than I had on 'Pinocchio', a very risky film.

Roberto Benigni

The most important thing is to continue to be yourself. The day after the Oscars, you have to get on with your life. To be honest and true to yourself.

Roberto Benigni

My previous movie before 'Life Is Beautiful' was the same; they didn't release it so much in United States.

Roberto Benigni

I remember in the circus learning that the clown was the prince, the high prince. I always thought that the high prince was the lion or the magician, but the clown is the most important.

Roberto Benigni

My mother and my father went to the cinema for the first time when I made my first movie in 1978.

Roberto Benigni

Sometimes poetry, it is incomprehensible. But we need incomprehensible stuff! It is very healthy to talk about incomprehensible things! It is very healthy! We need it!

Roberto Benigni

'The Tiger And The Snow' is a beautiful movie. I am in love with this idea.

Roberto Benigni

When I was a little boy, I was reading Dante and I was saying to myself 'Bravo, Dante, Bravo.' It's so beautiful, the music, the sound, the meaning. I felt like calling him by phone, like a friend.

Roberto Benigni

Author Bio

  • NameRoberto Benigni
  • DescriptionItalian actor
  • BornOctober 27, 1952
  • CountryItaly
  • ProfessionActor; Film Director; Screenwriter; Comedian; Singer; Street Artist; Composer
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Foreign Language Film; Academy Award For Best Actor; Chlotrudis Awards; European Film Award For Best Actor; British Academy Film Awards; David Di Donatello; Nastro D'Argento For Best Actor; Nastro D'Argento For Best Actor; Nastro D'Argento For Best Actor; Screen Actors Guild Award For Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Leading Role; Honorary César; Knight Grand Cross Of The Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic