If something stands between you and your success, move it. — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

---

If you desire something, you don't have it. It is more interesting than enjoyment, because enjoyment erases the mysteries and the vision of desire. Desire opens up possibilities but never achieves anything, whereas enjoyment is just the brutal achievement of something - and after that, it's done. - Luca Guadagnino

---

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

---

I think a script is great when it starts with the structure and works with the structure without falling into the typical three-act system in which the audience is ahead of the movie. I hate that, but that is like 99% of what I read. - Luca Guadagnino

---

I hate the concept of beauty for the sake of it. It is overrated. - Luca Guadagnino

---

In fact, I had the idea because of Peter Falk. I saw my dad watching a Peter Falk movie and something clicked in my head. I gotta go make a movie for Peter Falk and me. - Paul Reiser

---

We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. ― Chuck Palahniuk

---

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself. - Simone de Beauvoir

---

I grew up with a concept of cinema as a directorial thing, meaning the director is allowed to sail the ship. Not a dictatorial thing. - Luca Guadagnino

---

Fun is one of the most important - and underrated - ingredients in any successful venture. If you're not having fun, then it's probably time to call it quits and try something else. -Richard Branson

---