Visitors and performance troupes especially circuses and clowns at Rimini had tremendous impact on Fellini and he used to believe that clownage would be his career.

他拍戏时喜欢即兴创作，常在纸上画下人物的特徵、服装的细节、剧本人物的表、身材，以便场景设计、服装设计作为依据。