Japanese Reporter He says it's bitter.
Nadia Ottaviani That's what makes it good. A nice kind of bitter. Like the Romans: they act tough, but they're sweethearts.
Reporter (Sergio Rubini) Has it been washed?
Sergio Rubini I don't like smoking or drinking.
Marcello Mastroianni But how about women?
Sergio Rubini Oh, yes, a lot, but--
Federico Fellini But? But what?
Sergio Rubini Frankly, what I like best is jerking off.
Marcello Mastroianni Ah. Good solution. An exercise in concentration that
stimulates fantasy, and I'd say it develops a novelist's turn of mind. My experiences, for
example, were like installment novels--always new characters who introduced other ones:
"Meet my sister. This is my cousin."