Producing films was a distraction for me for which I payed dearly. Sergio Leone More Quotes by Sergio Leone More Quotes From Sergio Leone Women had enormous weight in America. And they still have. Because they are truly the padrone [owners, masters] of America. Sergio Leone mastersweightamerica I work with intuition. With interpreters. I have my own method. I know exactly what I want from actors. Sometimes, I even recite the role to the actor if it's not clear. Sergio Leone intuitionrolesactors The Jesuits use this kind of training, or, let's say it this way: The Jesuit General imposes this kind of structure; he encourages the young men to specialize. Because getting ten of them together, you have the best of everything. But this does not mean that this system is good for the Jesuits all over. They're all available to the cause. Sergio Leone trainingmenmean It's natural to me that someone who loved that type of music or that type of spectacle would copy it, to do something, a video. It seems the most natural thing in the world to me. Sergio Leone videonaturalworld If a director takes the time to document - to step back to observe - I think it I more honest. Because it has to be the public that makes the conclusions and who, possibly, resolves the situation. Sergio Leone stepsdirectorsthinking The first must that any director has is to not force his public. Sergio Leone forcedirectorsfirsts Whoever would like to look and see what someone is saying behind all the show, glitter, scenery, whatever it may be, and see what ideas are being expressed beyond and below and above that, can do that, as well. Sergio Leone glitterlooksideas I think even in American schools, they must be studying in a specialized manner. Sergio Leone studyschoolthinking We're talking a very cultivated people, but I found as cultivated as they were, they were uninformed about the personages who weren't American. They knew everything about America, but much less about other countries. Sergio Leone talkingcountryamerica My mother was an actress. My father was an actor and a director. I am the son of filmmakers. Sergio Leone motherfatherson I've always had the sensation that people in America are always avant-garde. Very attentive to all the new innovations. But it's very specialized. Sergio Leone innovationamericapeople It [film-making] really just has to do with my own ghosts and phantoms. And I have to say, in the end, it's just my way of seeing things. Sergio Leone phantomsghostway
