Claudia Cardinale Biography
Claudia Cardinale Quotes
• It's fantastic because I've been living thousands of lives, not only my life.
• Yes, they wanted me to sign a contract of exclusivity, and I refused.
• I've also been doing all the literature, Italian literature. But no, I don't like to repeat very much. I like to float with the camera.
• Many other movies, but for me The Professionals is the best I did in Hollywood.
• I never felt scandal and confession were necessary to be an actress. I've never revealed my self or even my body in films. Mystery is very important.
• But we did the Pink Panther not in Hollywood, in Italy.
• But Sergio Leone invented totally the way of, you know, the details, the eyes, the hands - fantastic.
• Marriage functions best when both partners remain somewhat unmarried.
• But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your personality, your identity.
• Because I'm a European actress, and I was going there for movies. But then I was coming back to Europe, to Italy.
• But Luchino wanted to make the point, immediately, that he was the master on the set. And after became very, very close friends.
• And also something he was doing, and is the first one, he was doing the music before starting the film. Before each scene he was putting the music of Jill. It was fantastic because you became immediately the person, I mean Jill. I was Jill after the music, the emotion, everything.
• And I had a big opportunity with Richard Brooks, The Professionals, which is really a magnificent movie.
• And also, Sergio Leone was considered in Italy a director of category B, not a big director.
• But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your personality, your identity.
• I've also been doing all the literature, Italian literature. But no, I don't like to repeat very much. I like to float with the camera.
Claudia Cardinale Filmography
2002
And now... Ladies and Gentlemen
1999
Luchino Visconti
1999
Li chiamarono briganti!
1996 Nostrormo
1993 Son of the Pink Panther
1990 Atto di dolore
1988 Blu elettrico
1986 Un uomo innamorato
1985 La donna delle meraviglie
1984 Enrico IV
1984 Claretta
1983 Una cascata d'oro
1981 La pelle
1981 Fitzcarraldo
1981 Il regalo
1980 Si salvi chi vuole
1979 Amici e nemici
1978 L'arma
1978 Corleone
1977 Jesus of Nazareth
1977 II prefetto di ferro
1977 Goodbye & Amen - L'uomo della CIA
1976 Il comune senso del pudore
1975 A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere
1975 Qui comincia l'avventura
1975 Libera, amore mio
1974 Conversation Piece
1974 I guappi
1973 Il giomo del furore
1972 Il clan dei marsigliesi
1971 Le pistolere
1971 L'udienza
1971 Bello, onesto, emigrato Austraila sposerebbe compaesana illibata
1970 Popsy Pop
1970 The Adventures of Gerard
1969 Certo certissimo ... anzi probabile
1969 La tenda rossa
1969 Nell'anno del Signore
1968 Il giomo della civetta
1968 Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 I contrabbandieri del cielo
1968 Ruba al prossimo tuo...
1967 Piano piano, non t'agitare
1966 Ne onore ne gloria
1966 The Professionals
1966 Blindfold
1966 Le fate
1965 Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa
1965 Une rosa per tutti
1964 Il magnifico comuto
1964 Circus World
1964 Gli indifferenti
1963 The Pink Panther
1963 The Leopard
1963 8½
1963 La ragazza di Bube
1962 Senilita
1961 Cartouche
1961 Girl with a Suitcase
1961 La Viaccia
1960 Rocco and His Brothers
1960 Napoleone ad Austerlitz
1960 Il bell'Antonio
1960 I Delfini
1960 Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti
1960 Su e giu per la scala
1959 Il magistrato
1959 Un maledtto imbroglio
1959 Three Strangers in Rome
1959 Vento del sud
1958 I soliti ignoti
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