Giancarlo Giannini

Giancarlo Giannini (born August 1, 1942) is an Italian actor, voice actor, director and screenwriter. He received an Academy Award nominee for Best Actor in Seven Beauties and won a Cannes Film Festival Award. He is also a mentor at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.

Quotes

Giannini in 2009

• Devo al film della Wertmuller "Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore" il successo di un personaggio che è piaciuto molto all'estero e con il quale sono stato a lungo identificato con grande piacere.
  • I owe to the Wertmüller' film "The Seduction of Mimi" the success of a character who has been liked very much overseas and with whom I have been identified for a long time and with great pleasure.
  • From the interview "Ho imparato a fare l'attore spiando i siciliani" by Eleonora Lombardo, la Repubblica.it, (November 6, 2016)

• Pasqualino Settebellezze era un film che non voleva far nessuno, perché parla di un campo di concentramento. È una storia vera. Sono riuscito a convincere Lina [Wertmüller] a farlo e ha avuto quattro candidature all'Oscar.
  • Seven Beauties was a film that nobody wanted to make, because it talks about a concentration camp. It is a true story. I managed to convince Lina [Wertmüller] to make it and it has been nominated for four Oscars.
  • From the interview by Silvia Bizio "Il cinema è morto? Me lo diceva già Fellini", Rep.repubblica.it, (February 15 2019).

Quotes about Giancarlo Giannini

• I wanted the two [lead] roles, of Mimi and Fiore, to be played by Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato. Both were already well-respected actors but had not yet played lead roles in movies. At the beginning, the producers were hesitant and had to take a gamble on these two talents. In the end, everyone was convinced of how good they were, and we formed a beautiful team.
  • Lina Wertmuller, Italian film writer and director. From the interview "Lina Wertmüller on What Being the First Female Director Nominated for an Oscar Means to Her", by Henry Chu, Variety.