28 Quotes by Dino De Laurentiis

To me the only real star of the movie is the writer. And I work with writers very closely, from outline to first draft and on to the seventh draft, whatever it takes. Then my job is to support the director to make the best movie we can. Some producers try to go past them, but my job is to support them.

Mr Tony Hopkins says he's willing to do it if he likes the script.

These scenes deal with what happened before Hannibal Lecter was captured for the first time.

I have two young girls, 8 and 10. They really keep me young.

I realized the exciting place was behind the camera with the producer, director and so on.

We set ourselves a limit and cut characters which weren't so vital.

If you lived in a provincial town like Torre Annunziata, where there was nothing to do in the evening but go to the movies with your friends, the cinema was a world of fantasy. I had always been in love with it.

Italian industry was so poor we had no money for studio, to create the set, to go anyplace. We had to shoot everything in the street.

Making movies is all about instinct.