Cinema is an old whore, like circus and variety, who knows how to give many kinds of pleasure. Besides, you can't teach old fleas new dogs.

Quote by Federico Fellini

Topics: Cinema Quotes

A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come...

A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come...

Censorship is advertising paid by the government.

Censorship is advertising paid by the government.

All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the...

The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the...

There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life.

There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life.

A sign of growing old is when interviewers start asking you,What would you do differently...

A sign of growing old is when interviewers start asking you,What would you do differently...

I discovered that what's really important for a creator isn't what we vaguely define as...

I discovered that what's really important for a creator isn't what we vaguely define as...

A created thing is never invented and it is never true: it is always and...

A created thing is never invented and it is never true: it is always and...

If I'm a cruel satirist at least I'm not a hyprocrite: I never judge what...

If I'm a cruel satirist at least I'm not a hyprocrite: I never judge what...

Cinema is an old whore, like circus and variety, who knows how to give many...

Cinema is an old whore, like circus and variety, who knows how to give many...

Fate is written in the face.

Fate is written in the face.

Censorship is advertising paid by the government.

Censorship is advertising paid by the government.

Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.

Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.

Talking about dreams is like talking about movies, since the cinema uses the language of...

Talking about dreams is like talking about movies, since the cinema uses the language of...

Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it...

Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it...

Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.

Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.

I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the...

I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the...

The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world.

The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world.

It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive.

It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive.

No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they...

No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they...