For some strange reason, we believe that anyone who lived before we were born was in some peculiar way a different kind of human being from any we have come in contact with in our own lifetime. This concept must be changed; we must realize in our bones that almost everything in time and history has changed except the human being.

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It's always good to win titles. - Luca Toni

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I think you should never be forced to be nice as an artist. An artist has to be uncomfortable in a way. Narcissistic and uncomfortable. - Luca Guadagnino

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I like to live with intensity. - Luca Toni

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I'm a very eclectic person, and I enjoy multiple tastes; I'm like a bee who jumps from flower to flower. Before I die, I have to make a war movie, a Western, and a movie like Mike Nichols, because I love him. - Luca Guadagnino

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I want to make the most of the opportunities I am given and win something big. - Luca Toni

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I need to have a great deal of control and the ability to share my control with my collaborators and grant them the freedom and the quality of work I think these people deserve. If I don't have those elements, I walk away. - Luca Guadagnino

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I like to work hard. - Luca Toni

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I am a film director, and I work with a visual language, with a visual medium. And I try to make virtue of the use of this visual medium. And I try to make sure what I do speaks the language of cinema. - Luca Guadagnino

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Sometimes a great champion has to lead by example. - Luca Toni

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