Lino Banfi
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Lino Banfi (born Pasquale Zagaria; 9 July 1936) is an Italian actor and screenwriter. Since 1960 he has appeared in more than 100 films.
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[edit]- Io sono entrato a undici anni in seminario, nel 1947 nel dopoguerra, perché avevano visto a casa che io volevo studiare, in quell’epoca, nelle famiglie contadine quando un figlio voleva studiare, i genitori dicevano questo ragazzo deve fare il prete o l'avvocato. In seminario facevamo le recite sacre e dato che interpretavo ruoli drammatici, il rettore si arrabbiava e perché la gente rideva quando dicevo le battute e quindi ho capito che la mia vocazione non era quella di fare il prete, ma quella di far ridere la gente.
- I entered the seminary at the age of eleven, in 1947 after the war, because they had seen at home that I wanted to study, at that time, in peasant families when a son wanted to study, the parents said this boy had to be a priest or a lawyer. In the seminary we gave sacred plays and since I played dramatic roles, the rector got angry and because people laughed when I said the jokes and so I understood that my vocation was not to be a priest, but to make people laugh.
- From the TV programme I migliori anni, Rai 1, 2011; video available on Youtube.com.
- Tenacia, tenacia al massimo, soprattutto in questi momenti di crisi. Mettetevi i paraocchi come ho fatto io e dite "tanto che mi frega": soffro, farò tante cose, ma un giorno arriverò a fare quello che voglio. E se lo volete lo fate.
- Tenacity, tenacity to the fullest, especially in these times of crisis. Put on your blinders like I did and say "so much so that I don't care": I suffer, I will do many things, but one day I will get to do what I want. And if you want it, you do it.
- La vita in diretta, Rai 1, 27 January 2014.
- Tenacity, tenacity to the fullest, especially in these times of crisis. Put on your blinders like I did and say "so much so that I don't care": I suffer, I will do many things, but one day I will get to do what I want. And if you want it, you do it.
- La chiamavamo [Lilli Carati] la "bambola di velluto", perché era piccolina, non tanto alta e molto bella. Aveva un corpo fatto bene, era proporzionata, molto sensuale. [...] Quando recitavamo assieme, lei era giovanissima, mentre io ero tra i trenta e i quaranta. Non era solo bella, ma era una delle poche attrici brave di allora. Molte delle ragazze che interpretavano quei ruoli erano straniere, erano brave, ma dovevano combattere con la lingua. Ognuna aveva un tipo di sensualità diversa. Lei parlava bene, era molto sveglia. Credo fosse anche colta, perché si esprimeva in modo corretto, dimostrava una certa cultura.
- We called her [Lilli Carati] the "velvet doll", because she was small, not so tall and very beautiful. She had a well-made body, she was proportionate, very sensual. [...] When we acted together, she was very young, while I was between thirty and forty. She was not only beautiful, but she was one of the few good actresses of the time. Many of the girls who played those roles were foreigners, they were good, but they had to fight with their tongues. Each had a different kind of sensuality. She spoke well, she was very awake. I think she was also cultured, because she expressed herself correctly, she demonstrated a certain culture.
- -**Lino Banfi: «Lilli Carati? Era una bambola. Ricordo quegli anni e quei film con affetto», Il Messaggero, 21 October 2014.
