In Italy The Censor Is Very Old

When I Was Five. That's When I Started To Love Film.

If You Make A Film Normally It's All Right, The Distributors Are Helpful And Cooperative. But If You Make A Film That's A Little Stange, A Little Bizarre, Then All The Time It's A Struggle With Them.

Each Film I Make Changes Me In Some Way. When I Start The Picture I'm One Person And By The Time I Finish I'm Another.

I First Came To Cinema As A Passionate Filmgoer, When I Was A Child. Then, When I Was A Very Young Man, I Became A Film Critic Precisely Because Of My Knowledge Of Cinema. I Did Better Than Others Because Of This. Then I Moved On To Screenwriting. I Wrote A Film With Sergio Leone, 'once Upon A Time In The West.' And Then I Moved To Directing.

My Daughter, Asia, Has Been In Many Of My Movies. I Love Working With Her. In The Beginning, I Was Not Supportive Of Her Being An Actress, But Now I Think She Is Fantastic.