25 Dario Argento Quotes for You to Enjoy

Dario Argento

Italian Director

Born: Sep 7, 1940

Films Good Life Me Time You

Related authors: Edoardo Ponti Federico Fellini Luca Guadagnino Mario Monicelli Michelangelo Antonioni Paolo Sorrentino Pier Paolo Pasolini Vittorio De Sica

To try and raise a budget for a film that is strictly for adults and both strong and graphic in content is not easy, especially when there is pressure to spend serious money on good special effects. Dario Argento

Good Money Strong Try Pressure Strictly Spend Easy Both Adult Budget Content Effects Special Graphic Special Effects Serious Film Raise

Young girls of 13 or 12 are great actors. Dario Argento

Great Girl Young Young Girls Actor

I'm very interested in portraying homosexual man and woman in my films because I'm interested in their lives and their problems. Dario Argento

Man Woman Problems Films Because Very Interested Lives Homosexual Portraying

I like to watch many things, especially strange films and something recent, not just the story. Dario Argento

Strange Films Something Like Just Story Many Things Watch Recent

I also don't like films that are made just to make money, no this kind of film I don't like. Dario Argento

Money Made Films Kind Like Also Make Just Film

I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. Dario Argento

Audiences Dictated Want

I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. Dario Argento

Thought Bad Through Bad Thing Where Nostalgia Thing Phase

Then I realized my early work did have something special that audiences adored apart from what I humbly thought about them. They occupy a distinguished niche in Italian film history and probably always will. Dario Argento

Work History Will Thought Early Work Distinguished About Something Adored Something Special Occupy Always Audiences Italian Italian Film Did Apart Them Realized Then Special Film Niche Early Humbly

I'm Dario Argento, and my style is something recognizable I think by the audience. Dario Argento

Style Think Recognizable Something Audience

I was very young, and I was on vacation with my family, and there was a retrospective of old films, and one of them was 'The Phantom of the Opera' with Claude Rains that was in color. It was something very important for my career because I began to follow these stories that were morbid. Dario Argento

For a long time, censors have been cutting my works. This makes me so sad, because many times they will tell me, 'Television won't like, so we have to cut, cut, cut!' Dario Argento

Sad Time Me Will Long Long Time Television Tell Like Because Makes Been Times Cut Cutting Many Works

We had many good directors - John Carpenter, Brian De Palma - but things have become polluted by business, money and bad relationships. The success of the horror genre has led to its downfall. Dario Argento

The process of writing and directing drives you to such extremes that it's natural to feel an affinity with insanity. I approach that madness as something dangerous, and I'm afraid, but also I want to go to it, to see what's there, to embrace it. I don't know why, but I'm drawn. Dario Argento

You Natural Writing Dangerous Madness Insanity Approach Extremes Drawn Embrace See Something Directing Drives Feel Know Also Go Affinity Afraid Want Process Why

Americans are very enthusiastic. We have a new generation of moviegoers who love great horror films. I am a very imaginative man, and for me, it's easy to speak with my dark side. I have very beautiful, interesting nightmares. Dario Argento

Love Beautiful Great Me Man Generation Speak Dark Dark Side Films Side Easy Enthusiastic Horror Horror Films New New Generation Am Very American Interesting Who Imaginative Nightmares

Paradise is too perfect for humanity. Dario Argento

Humanity Paradise Too Perfect

The Opera was a very cold film, a hopeless and dark film, no hope, no love. Dario Argento

Love Hope Dark Hopeless Cold No Hope No Love Opera Very Film

My life and career is my own adventure. Dario Argento

Life My Life Own My Own Adventure Career

'Macbeth' is one of the best operas ever, and doing it was a great experience. I added some things to the opera based from my experience on the movie - such as some of the special effects and bits of film - to make it new and interesting. It was a very good work and a very good experience. Dario Argento

Work Best Good Great Experience Good Work Added Macbeth Great Experience Bits Some Some Things New Opera Operas Make Doing Effects Very Movie Interesting Special Special Effects Film Based Ever Things

But no one should have the right to manipulate my films in the first place. Dario Argento

First Films No-One First Place Place Manipulate Should Right

When I was five. That's when I started to love film. Dario Argento

Love Five To Love Film Started

When I see a film I've finished, it's like another person made it. Like another mind. Dario Argento

Mind Made Finished See Like Another Person Film

Maybe when I stop making movies, I'll understand my work better. Dario Argento

Work Better Understand Making Making Movies Maybe Stop Movies

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