Ennio Morricone

Composer

1928-11-10

Quotes by Ennio Morricone

• There was a theft! But, of course, if it was up to me, every two years I would win an Oscar.

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• I was offered a free villa in Hollywood, but I said no thank you, I prefer to live in Italy.

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• In my youth, cinemas showed two films in one day. I used to watch both of them. It may sound strange, but 'West Side Story' was the only musical I liked. I didn't like musicals, or films with songs, at all. I always thought they were not real, that the songs sounded a little bit false. But in the case of 'West Side Story,' things were different.

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