Roberto Remigio Benigni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [roˈbɛrto beˈniɲɲi]; born 27 October 1952) is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and director. Read full biography of 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... →
'The Tiger And The Snow' is a beautiful movie. I am in love with this idea.
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... →
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... →
I would like to thank my parents in Vergaio, a little village in Italy. They gave me the biggest gift: poverty.
It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.
My duty is to try to reach beauty. Cinema is emotion. When you laugh you cry.
My mother brought me magicians and witches, because I was very ugly, really revolting. So she thought somebody had put a spell on me - this is the... →
Sometimes poetry, it is incomprehensible. But we need incomprehensible stuff! It is very healthy to talk about incomprehensible things! It is very... →
When I first saw a Fellini movie, I came out of the movie theatre and decided to become a lawyer! I thought to myself, it's impossible to make... →
The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was Ben Hur. We watched it outside in a corn field, and it ran backwards, so the... →
The exquisite truth is to believe in something that maybe you know is a fiction, but you believe in it willingly.
To be in front of an audience and pretending, and to lie, this is the principle of acting.
Roberto Remigio Benigni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [roˈbɛrto beˈniɲɲi]; born 27 October 1952) is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and director.