"You can see in these scenes why my interest was growing as a child, because I was introduced to the birds and the bees and those mysteries. Gina Lollobrigida who made up in certain departments what she lacked in actoral skills."

"Roger Blin — Mathias Hungadi Spicali"

"[dying] Life is wonderful."

"Marianne Oswald — La Falourdel"

"Desmond O'Grady - Himself"

"Jacques Dufilho — Guillaume Rousseau"

"Roland Bailly — The Hangman"

"All the Might, the Mystery, the Macabre Passions of an Earth-Shaking Novel! Aflame with the Fire of Filmdom's Most Sensuous Beauty!"

"The World's Supreme Shocker!"

"Adriano Celentano - Himself"

"Valentine Tessier — Aloyse de Gondelaurier"

"Iris Tree - Herself"

"Jacques Hilling — Maitre Charmolue"

"Nico - Herself"

"Piéral — The Dwarf"

"Danielle Dumont — Fleur de Lys"

"w:John Francis Lane - John"

"Philippe Clay — Clopin Trouillefou"

"Jacques Sernas - Divo"

"Gloria Jones - Gloria"

"Sondra Lee - Ballerina"

"Riccardo Garrone - Riccardo"

"Ferdinand Guillaume - Pagliaccio"

"- Sylvia Rank"

"It really marked my childhood and became a sentimental favorite of mine."

"Maurice Sarfati — Jehan Frollo"

"Annibale Ninchi - Marcello's father"

"Marcello Mastroianni - Marcello Rubini"

"Laura Betti - Laura"

"Umberto Orsini - Man in Shades"

"Transvestite: By 1965 there'll be total depravity. How squalid everything will be."

"Magali Noël - Fanny"

"Lex Barker - Robert"

"- Maddalena"

"I'll ask myself: What is my favorite film? Or I'll skew the question slightly: What film would I most like to see again right now? The answer would not be "Kane." … Right now, this moment, the answer that would spring most quickly to mind is Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" (1960). I've seen it, oh, at least 25 times, maybe more. It doesn't get old for me. Age has not withered, not custom staled, its infinite variety. I've grown so worked up just writing this paragraph that I want to slide in the DVD and start watching immediately. … I might add that it is one of the most visually fluid movies ever made, a movie that approaches music in its rushing passion, not simply because Nino Rota's score is one of the best ever recorded, but because the characters seem to move with music within them (joyful, lustful, exciting, doubtful, sad)."

"The Sweet Life."

"Valeria Ciangottini - Paola"

"Walter Santesso - Paparazzo"

"We must all think about tomorrow, but without forgetting to live today."

"[to Marcello] Stay free, available, like me. Never get married. Never choose. Even in love, it's better to be chosen."