Marcello Mastroianni Quotes

Italy, Film Actor
September 28, 1924 – December, 19, 1996.

Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, Knight Grand Cross (Italian pronunciation: [marˈtʃɛllo mastroˈianni]; 28 September 1924 – 19 December 1996) was an Italian film actor. His prominent films include: La Dolce Vita; 8½; La Notte; Divorce Italian Style; Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; Marriage Italian Style; The 10th Victim; A Special Day; City of Women; Henry IV; Dark Eyes; and Stanno tutti bene. His honours included British Film Academy Awards, Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globe Awards.

Happiness consists of being able to tell the truth without hurting anyone.

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- Truth
- Happiness
- Consists
Once they call you a Latin Lover, you're in real trouble. Women expect an Oscar performance in bed.

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- Women
- Real
- Trouble

When I was young, life seemed long and endless to me.

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- Life
- Long
With whom do you argue? With a woman, of course. Not with a friend, because he accepted all your defects the moment he found you. Besides, woman is mother-have we forgotten?

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- Mother
- Friend
- Course
Woman is the sun, an extraordinary creature, one that makes the imagination gallop.

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- Imagination
- Woman
- Sun
Woman is also the element of conflict.

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- Woman
- Conflict
- Element
Each year we look for a big name that is attractive to the public and pleasant for the girls.

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- Year
- Public
- Girls
I made theater very important in the beginning of my career.

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Every woman knows the art of saying no with the lips and yes with the rest.

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- Art
- Rest
- Woman
Theater actors like to change character roles. They don't like to always do the same thing.

Marcello Mastroianni
- Character
- Actors
- Roles
They come for you in the morning in a limousine; they take you to the studio; they stick a pretty girl in your arms... They call that a profession? Come on!

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- Pretty
- Girl
- Morning
To be a Latin Lover a man, above all, has to be a great fucker - he has to be infallible and I'm not that. I often foul it up.

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- Up
- Great
- Latin