Claudio Gregorifor each GregorHe will tomorrow 60 years: But did the message reach the person concerned? He confirmed? “In fact, the feeling I have is that of my almost-namesake Gregor Samsa “Metamorphosis” by Kafkawhen he wakes up in another body, in his case that of a cockroach… I’m not in the body of a 60 year old at all, at least when I think about how 60 year olds were described when I was little… Except A few complaints make me feel like a “contactless” actor performing as a sixty-year-old, I’m younger!” Greg admits this in an interview with AdnKronos on the eve of his 60th birthday. He draws an “overall positive balance” of his artistic career. “So far,” he emphasizes.
“I can say that I am happy with the things I have done so far, but I plan to land a few more ‘blows’, I still have dreams that I can unearth,” assures him – even if there are a few “small” things that I’m proud of, that make me proud of having done them. But I won’t say which one. I like playing more than acting, I feel like I’m more of a musician than an actor by nature, plus the fact that from a “work” point of view, of course the actor comes first and then the musician . But immediately after the musical composition, I would order the writing of theater texts, even before I tackle them as a director or actor. In any case, “For me, theater comes before cinema or television.”
However, he has just made a film… “Yes, with.” Victoria Pucciniit will say ‘Fly’. And these days I’m directing “The Duck with Orange” con Emilio Solfrizzi This is the Christmas show from December 23rd to Quirino Theater in Rome. Getting other actors to act is certainly more difficult than acting. Understanding their abilities and “clothing” them through an action tailored to them is not easy.”
And with Lillo It’s a constant tug of war, or this tug of war “Lillo & Greg” Is it rustproof? “With Lillo everything goes downhill, everything flows smoothly, the writing style is absolutely fluid, apart from the nastiness that we pleasantly exchanged in the ‘unauthorized biographies’ that one wrote about the other,” replies Greg.
Last question, the “worst”: Stop smoking and what for it? “There was a time when I would have replied, ‘in exchange for a’ Grammy Award for music’, only now they give them away to dogs and pigs… So I keep my pack of cigarettes: in fact, not even those anymore, because now I only smoke electronic cigarettes!”
(From Enzo Bonaiuto)
