Bernardo Bertolucci Quotes

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Bernardo Bertolucci

Profession : Writer

Birth : March 16, 1940

I make movies in order to make things understood, not to be shocking.

Bernardo Bertolucci

New York has always embraced me.

Bernardo Bertolucci

When I shoot, I try to feel the body and the face and the weight of the actor, because the character until that moment is only in the pages of the script. And very often, I pull from the life of my actors. I'm always curious about what these characters and these actors are hiding about their lives.

Bernardo Bertolucci

English dialogues are always just what you need and nothing more - like something out of Hemingway. In Italian and in French, dialogues are always theatrical, literary. You can do more with it.

Bernardo Bertolucci