Dear Daniel (and everyone else),

I have here Fallaci's book of interviews, The Egotists. The Ingrid
Bergman interview, datelined Los Angeles, August 1967, is very
illuminating but does not contain the quote in question. It does
suggest that later in life, she would have agreed with the statement.
For instance:

"You know, when we're young, we don't think of much. Or we only think
about success. For me, at first, the most important thing was success.
Now...now I don't know. You see, when you say success and you're
referring to your career, people wrinkle their noses because they
think an actress wants success in order to get fame and money. I've
never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent
and the passion that count in success. Do you see what I mean?
Heavens, this is a difficult thing to explain. What I mean is that
everyone is born with a talent: a talent for writing, for sewing, for
acting....And this talent is love, passion. And so, when you do your
work gladly, as an actor for example, you don't do it only to become
successful. You do it, without success, at the cost of sacrificing
very important things."

So - does anyone here have access to the interview in l'Europeo? I
assume it's in Italian, a surmountable challenge. Or if anyone has a
differing opinion about where the quote is to be found, I would be
interested.

By the way, I recommend Fallaci's entire book. For instance, her
interview with Norman Mailer, entitled "Why Do People Dislike
America?" is fresh even now.