Carlo Ponti — Italian Producer born on December 11, 1912, died on January 10, 2007

Carlo Ponti, Sr. was an Italian film producer with over 140 production credits, and the husband of Italian movie star Sophia Loren... (wikipedia)

I don't like actors, I like women.
I don't make deals, I make pictures.
People talk about making art films - experimental films. I can make an art film every day of the week. Nothing to it. What's difficult is to combine a commercial film with art.
There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.