Federico Fellini Quotes

Italian filmmaker1920–1993 10 quotes

Federico Fellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter known for a distinctive style that blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. Recognized as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films rank highly in critical polls such as those of Cahiers du Cinéma and Sight & Sound.

His best-known films include I Vitelloni, La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, La Dolce Vita, Juliet of the Spirits, Fellini Satyricon, Roma, Amarcord and Fellini's Casanova. Over his career he was nominated for 17 Academy Awards and won four, all for Best Foreign Language Film, a record in that category. He also received an honorary award for Lifetime Achievement at the 65th Academy Awards.
Italian filmmaker

I’m a liar, but an honest one. People reproach me for not always telling the same story in the same way. But this happens because I’ve invented the whole tale from the start and it seems boring to me and unkind to other people to repeat myself.

— Fellini On Fellini

Italian filmmaker

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

Italian filmmaker

No matter what happens, always Keep your childhood innocence. It's the most important thing.

Italian filmmaker

Every time I start a picture ... I feel the same fear the same self-doubts . . . and I have only one source on which I can draw because it comes from within me.

Italian filmmaker

I think that one can have luck if one tries to create an atmosphere of spontaneity.

Italian filmmaker

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

Italian filmmaker

Experience is what you get while looking for something else.