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 →
When we talk to somebody and we want to be nice or polite or show our more beautiful side, we try to use the best words that we know. This is what... →
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... →
Stanley Kubrick is one of the geniuses of this century.
I am like a cartoon strip; I am like Donald Duck; everybody knows me in Italy.
I do not think the American peoples are idiots. They are a very playful and sensitive people! I know them!
I think that sometimes only comedians can reach the peaks of tragedy.
My previous movie before 'Life Is Beautiful' was the same; they didn't release it so much in United States.
'The Divine Comedy' is very sophisticated but also very popular.
I grew up in Tuscany in a very poor family. My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful... →
I'm a storyteller: the crux of the matter is to reach beauty, poetry; it doesn't matter if that is comedy or tragedy. They're the same if... →
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... →
Fellini belongs to nature.
For me, Fellini was like a watermelon. It is there. A watermelon cannot die.
Roberto Remigio Benigni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [roˈbɛrto beˈniɲɲi]; born 27 October 1952) is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and director.