Johnny Dorelli
Giorgio Guidi (born 20 February 1937), known professionally as Johnny Dorelli, is an Italian actor, singer and television host.
Quotes
[edit]- Working and taking on different roles from time to time seemed to be exactly what I wanted. My role models are American entertainers: singers, performers, actors, comedians, dancers and presenters.
- Quoted in Simonetta Roblony, Dorelli, attore premiatissimo, La Stampa, 1 November 1984.
- I am an easy-going, calm and confident person. But above all, I am versatile.
- Quoted in Simonetta Roblony, Dorelli, attore premiatissimo, La Stampa, 1 November 1984.
- I hate gratitude, even the kind that normally binds a son to his father. Gratitude seems like blackmail to me; I wish I never had to expect anything from anyone.
- Quoted in Simonetta Roblony, Dorelli, attore premiatissimo, La Stampa, 1 November 1984.
- The problem lies at the top, with those in power who have brought people up with the wrong values: what can you expect from a country where the national hero is a con man who manages to cheat others?
- Quoted in Donata Gianeri, Dorelli: Gloria ti ho sposato per cortesia, La Stampa, 16 June 1991.
- Every morning, as I stand in front of the mirror shaving, I look back: at that point, I try to reflect on all the mistakes I made the day before and to put them right. This is my moment of truth. And it started very early: from the first time I shaved.
- Quoted in Donata Gianeri, Dorelli: Gloria ti ho sposato per cortesia, La Stampa, 16 June 1991.
- (About Armando Trovajoli) Professionally, he was the best, but working with him in the hole while he was listening to you wasn't easy at all.
- Quoted in È morto Armando Trovajoli, Corriere.it, 2 March 2013.
Quotes about
[edit]- [Marriage] In our 32 years together, suitcases have been left on the doorstep more than once, but in the end, the desire to keep the family together has always won out. We overcame our crises through dialogue and mutual understanding.
- Gloria Guida, quoted in Matilde Amorosi, Gloria Guida: “Sono la nonna più sexy d’Italia”, Oggi, 25 November 2011.
