Quotes About Influence

So, if I were arrested or if I were killed, then after me the issues that American fears about me wouldn't exist anymore - and I couldn't tell you what those issues are.

I think any advocate who is effective has fully acquainted himself or herself with the legislator they are going to meet. Know what committees they are on, what issues they are interested in, all in an effort to build a bridge for communicating with them.

I don't really consider myself an American filmmaker like, say, Ron Howard might be considered an American filmmaker. If I'm doing something and it seems to me to be reminiscent of an Italian giallo, I'm gonna to do it like an Italian giallo.

I like Italian movies. I was frequently there in the '60s, in Rome and the vicinity. It was a great period in life. I was very influenced by their stuff.

One of my greatest influences is the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

There are many actors who have inspired me: Spencer Tracy for his incredible elegance and, of course, Cary Grant. But, there's also an Italian actor I admire a great deal: Alberto Sordi.

I used to eat Danny Kaye's food. I had his Chinese and Italian meals, and that was as good as it gets.

Everybody I play probably has some Italian in them.

Italian language and culture are beloved throughout the U.S.A.

When I was a child I watched the Italian league a lot because there were many Brazilians there.

My name is an Italian name because my father is an Italian and my mother is Indian.

When I make an American movie it's going to come out all over the world-it doesn't happen the same way for an Italian film or a French film.

I love Italian fashion - the sense of style that Italians have as part of their DNA. Nobody is like them.

Australian genre films were a lot of fun because they were legitimate genre movies. They were real genre films, and they dealt, in a way like the Italians did, with the excess of genre, and that has been an influence on me.

I'm from Italy, but when I'm in L.A., I dress a little bit rock and roll.

Well, in 1947... in Europe and in Italy especially, we thought of America as all-powerful.

The two great cultural and political currents of Italy have always only been concerned with the masses.

People say that Andrea Pirlo is the main player and that everything goes through him, but that's an illusion. Pirlo is a brilliant player but doesn't dominate Italy's play as much as people say.

Living in Italy meant growing up without MTV.

I try and keep up with the top 10 on iTunes.

There is great respect for Liverpool in the Ivory Coast.

Of course Jack Ma was the guy who impressed me.

When Lee and Jack win, it is good for golf. When I win, it is better.

Jack doesn't belong anymore to just a family. He belongs to the country.