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The themes that make one laugh always stem from poverty, hunger, misery, old age, sickness, and death. These are the themes that make Italians laugh, anyway.

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A comedy that is ironic, sometimes bitter, in some cases even dramatic, tragic: This is what Italian comedy is.

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I always look at a group of people who want to attempt an enterprise greater than their means. They begin on this enterprise and they fail.

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Death doesn't frighten me, it bothers me. It bothers me for example that someone can be there tomorrow but me I am no longer there. What bothers me is no longer being alive, not being dead.

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Director

Born: May 16th, 1915

Died: November 29th, 2010

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