Giovanni Morassutti Quotes

“I want to be spontaneous like a wild animal.”
― Giovanni Morassutti

“Follow your body because most of the time it knows where to go.”
― Giovanni Morassutti

“We know how we were born, but know not how we will die.”
― Giovanni Morassutti

“Sometimes I wonder if it does exist such a thing called personality.”
― Giovanni Morassutti

“The sound of the human voice is the best of nature but only if it comes out from the feelings.”
― Giovanni Morassutti

“I believe that nowadays we are in the process of establishing a new relationship between humanity, creativity and nature.”
― Giovanni Morassutti

“I remember a whole session at the Actors Studio in New York on the cathartic value of the word “fuck”: swear words are liberating for a method actor. In the film, on the contrary, I had to maintain the reality of my character, while speaking a strictly cultured language: it has been a real challenge. I would have liked it so much to be able to say also some crudity…!”
― Giovanni Morassutti

“The film that has influenced me the most is probably Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho, with whom I had the chance to work while in the US. Seeing that movie during a time of my life in which I was exploring my sexuality and looking at the work of River Phoenix made me dream about acting in a film.”
― Giovanni Morassutti

“Ellen Stewart has been a very important figure in my life. She had so much to say about art and theater but most of all she showed me that love is the most powerful tool in life.”
― Giovanni Morassutti

“I thank Giancarlo Giannini for having taught me how to use my voice.”
― Giovanni Morassutti

“I am very pleased that my commitment to acting as a transformative art form has been recognized ..... I did my best not to fall into clichés by observing the gay scene in Berlin in its most diverse forms, working also on my feminine side.”
― Giovanni Morassutti

“The Strasberg family has been an example of sincere dedication to the acting craft and the actors who came out of this movement commonly associated with the Method made the history of modern acting.”
― Giovanni Morassutti, Strasberg legacy

“The Method tends to be linear, almost like a 19th century mechanistic way of thinking in its search for a cause that produces the desired effect.”
― Giovanni Morassutti, Strasberg legacy