My secret desire is to be an interior designer. I'd love to make houses for rich clients who can afford to do things right. - Luca Guadagnino

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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

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The concept of making a movie in which the director dictates is kind of exotic - and absolutely not truthful. Directing means allowing a great deal of collaboration and listening and having the ability to change your mind. Luca Guadagnino

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As a director, what matters is how you penetrate the soul of the person in front of the camera and let the actor blur the boundaries between the character and the person themselves. In order to achieve that, I try to make people feel at ease, to be mindless of problems and be skinless and give everything to the camera. - Luca Guadagnino

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I had six really intense months in the capital, it was the regret of my career. I experienced something magical at Roma. - Luca Toni

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I personally don't think that blood ties should be something that signifies so much more than anything else. I understand perfectly when somebody leaves their family for good. - Luca Guadagnino

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Fortunately I've earned a lot of money in my life. - Luca Toni

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Everything that goes outside the rules of Italian cinema has always been cursed. - Luca Guadagnino

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I don't like post-modernism. It's cynical, and takes no discipline - you just copy. It doesn't allow a film to be open to reality. - Luca Guadagnino

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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

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