History isn't something you look back at and say it was inevitable, it happens because people make decisions that are sometimes very impulsive and of the moment, but those moments are cumulative realities.- Marsha P. Johnson

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

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

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You would have to have been completely crazy to think that when I was in Serie B that I could end up at the World Cup three seasons later. But that is the beauty of football, these things can really happen. - Luca Toni

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Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it. ― Swedish Proverb

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In 1993, my first documentary was about the civil war in Algeria. That was in French and in Arabic. Another short film I did was silent. What I'm trying to say is that, yes, I'm Italian, and yes, I make films with Italian money, but personally, I've always been invested in the broader world of film-making. - 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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Making movies is about control. You need to control your narcissism in the first place, and you need to be disciplined enough to understand the reason for the film. You need to follow the agenda of the film, not a personal agenda or that of the studio. Or, worst of all, of the actors. - Luca Guadagnino

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Spare functional furniture, in my opinion, is the genius of 20th-century design. - 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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