For years he was the undisputed star of the satirical scene in Italy, and precisely on satire he explains to us that “Everything has changed.
When we imitated in the 90s, politicians were still more or less intellectuals.
One of the driving forces of satire was precisely being David against Goliath, but now there is a great freedom of mockery which has then been multiplied by social media, but there are fewer television programs specifically satire.
It has become, at least in my opinion, a little more ordinary, like everything else."
Corrado Guzzanti is the protagonist of the new episode of "Stories", the series of interviews with the main performers of the Sky TG24 show.
Guest of the newspaper's deputy director Omar Schillaci, directed by Roberto Contatti, the comedian and actor talks about himself in "Corrado Guzzanti - The second one you said", broadcast on Monday 25 March at 9.00 pm on Sky TG24, Saturday 30 March at 12.00 pm on Sky Arte and always available On Demand.
Protagonist again, in the role of himself, in the second season of the Sky Original series CALL MY Agent – Italia, exclusively on Sky and streaming only on NOW from 22 March (“It's very funny because these dynamics with the agents, the lies at telephone apologies are really our everyday life. Then it becomes a bit of a caricature, they painted me as an artist of proverbial laziness, which is somewhat true, but we can dispel this myth").
The creator of iconic characters of Italian comedy and satire confesses on a journey through the memories of his professional life between TV, cinema and theatre.
His history as an all-round artist has its roots in the Guzzanti house, a place where talent has never been lacking.
Even as a boy, “I was a terrible student and miraculously made it out of high school alive.
In short, my adolescence was quite terrible "but it offered him the right ideas for some of his most unforgettable characters, such as Lorenzo the student" which was largely autobiographical, obviously exaggerated.
I was still very fresh with memories when I did it, I was still in my twenties.
For me, high school served that purpose, to accumulate material for subsequent works” he says.
There is also a lot of the human side of him in this interview, on his relationship with faith, “I don't believe so.
I'm a quantum agnostic" - he jokes - "but I really like the subject, it fascinates me anyway.
I have made many characters who insist on religion over philosophy."
Or again at work, “I'm perhaps a little fussy.
If I have a very clear idea I try to get there, so in some cases I can be exasperating.
But usually we all always had a lot of fun."
There is also room for some regrets, “I said 'no' many times to the cinema, as a boy, even to important directors.
At the time it didn't seem like the right thing to do.
I'm sorry because instead I discovered that I also really enjoy being an actor without rules, freed from responsibility by writing.
And maybe if I had said yes more I would have a second career as an actor, but that didn't happen" he confesses.
A career as a 'deresponsible' actor which has nevertheless seen him as the protagonist in various successful television series, such as 'I Delitti del Barlume', where he plays Paolo Pasquali, a character who “the beauty of him is that you don't understand why he is there.
When director Roan Johnson asked me to do it several years ago, he had Breaking Bad's Saul Goodman in mind.
He needed a ruthless, an evil genius.
Instead, we arrived at this idiot, through the various steps."
The interpretation of Father Frediani (and his agent) in 'Boris' was unforgettable, a series that "became a cult thanks to piracy, because no one saw it where it was supposed to be, everyone downloaded it on eMule.
This is the legend that made Boris great and therefore for those who saw it then it became a cult".
His participation in 'Lol - He who laughs is out' was also highly appreciated by fans, not really in his comfort zone and that "probably in another moment of my life I wouldn't have done something like this, but I was depressed, there had been Covid and I said to myself 'let's give it a shot at life'.
Then I actually had a lot of fun, but you have to have the physical ability because if you stay there for many hours."
The greatest fear?
“Wasting time, having years go by without being able to do the things you want to do, not having the courage, at times, to follow creative impulses that you should follow”, creative impulses which he therefore chose to face with his usual eclecticism .
He already has a theater show in the pipeline for next year, a subject that he doesn't yet know if it is more a film or a series and a collection of short stories "which will perhaps be released posthumously, in the time I usually take" he concluded, with his classic irony.
but I was depressed, there was Covid and I said to myself 'let's give it a shot'.
Then I actually had a lot of fun, but you have to have the physical ability because if you stay there for many hours."
The greatest fear?
“Wasting time, having years go by without being able to do the things you want to do, not having the courage, at times, to follow creative impulses that you should follow”, creative impulses which he therefore chose to face with his usual eclecticism .
He already has a theater show in the pipeline for next year, a subject that he doesn't yet know if it is more a film or a series and a collection of short stories "which will perhaps be released posthumously, in the time I usually take" he concluded, with his classic irony.
but I was depressed, there was Covid and I said to myself 'let's give it a shot'.
Then I actually had a lot of fun, but you have to have the physical ability because if you stay there for many hours."
The greatest fear?
“Wasting time, having years go by without being able to do the things you want to do, not having the courage, at times, to follow creative impulses that you should follow”, creative impulses which he therefore chose to face with his usual eclecticism .
He already has a theater show in the pipeline for next year, a subject that he doesn't yet know if it is more a film or a series and a collection of short stories "which will perhaps be released posthumously, in the time I usually take" he concluded, with his classic irony.
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