I don't want to be a coach because I've seen all the other players who have done that. In just one season, you age five years. - Luca Toni

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I need to have a great deal of control and the ability to share my control with my collaborators and grant them the freedom and the quality of work I think these people deserve. If I don't have those elements, I walk away. - Luca Guadagnino

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Books are peculiar. When you write one, you also have to find things that make headlines. - Luca Toni

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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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To win the Champions League, a team doesn't just need 11 professionals on the pitch, it needs 11 Lions, if you can use such an expression in Munich. - Luca Toni

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When people think fashion is just the surface of things, I disagree very politely. - Luca Guadagnino

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The point is that filmmaking is a collaborative effort; it isn't about imposing your vision on other people. It's about the talking, you know? - Luca Guadagnino

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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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I'm one of those directors who read reviews, even if they're bad, because I started as a film critic as a cinema student. I indulge in the art of criticism in general. - Luca Guadagnino

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

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