"You live day by day. You can't build your life."

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Source : "Legendary Oscar-Winner Bernardo Bertolucci’s Career Celebrated at MoMA". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 2, 2011.

Bernardo Bertolucci

“Who cannot resolve upon a moment's notice To live his own life, he forever lives A slave to others.”
“The world rests upon a turtle, which itself stands on the back of an elephant!â€ Alek tried not to laugh. â€œThen what does the elephant stand on, madam?â€ â€œDonâ€™t try to be clever, young man.â€ She narrowed her eyes. â€œItâ€™s elephants all the way down!”
“The eating. By a small sample we may judge of the whole piece....”
“We've going to bring back thighs. Enough of these size zeros. Thighs, and back fat, and over-the-belt fat, it's all got to come back again, and we're the ones to do it.”
“My personal feelings on marriage? Samuel Johnson once said that second marriages - although I could probably say this about any marriage - are about the triumph of hope over experience. I think that's true. I don't know that human beings were meant to mate for life or be monogamous. But, for me, the aspect of marriage that is troubling is that it's a contract that is governed by the state, and I don't want the state to have control over my personal affairs.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Elgar's first symphony is the musical equivalent of St Pancras Railway Station.”
“The World Health Organization ... estimated that 1.6 million years of healthy living are lost every year in Europe because of noise pollution.”
“I should have my own show by now. Yeah. How many damn sitcoms does Kelsey Grammer need? How many more stupid Housewives do they need throwing tables and limbs at each other. Yeah, I guess I need to take off my artificial leg and throw it at Vanderpump. I like doing live shows - it's just getting to them that's a hassle.Doing films is fun too ... a good film ... but there's a lot of waiting around.”

Source : Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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