As long as I can make the films I want to make in decent conditions, I am happy. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
The best way to watch a film is to not know anything about the person who made it. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
When I look at my films, all I see is everything that went wrong. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I make films that are what they are. Some people like them, and some people don't. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to progress with every film I make and become better. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
Whenever a film doesn't follow to the letter the preset strict conventional rules of today's commercial cinema, it's considered weird. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
In film, I like transformation. That goes for the language, for the image, for the performance. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I make films to explore concepts and raise questions, not tell the audience what to think. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I always expect people to be torn when they see one of my films and divided in some way. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
Having a couple of films that were successful internationally has made the film community aware of the films coming out of Greece. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
For some reason, I guess, people wanted me to prove myself in English-language films. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I haven't been a director-for-hire for any project. I work with people who appreciate that, understand that, and want to work that… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I never thought that I would ever actually get to make films. Being from Greece, it wasn't really a reality. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
'The Lobster,' at some point, was my most accessible film. Then I made 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer,' which turned out… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
In any case, I would never make a film that was only one thing. Even if it's my warmest, most romantic film,… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
For me, filmmaking is not about making statements but about exposing human behavior so people are eager enough to start thinking on… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I always loved films, and when I decided to go to film school, it was with the excuse that I would go… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I think you can be much truer to real emotions and reality by creating something that on the surface seems artificial but,… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I am calm but on the outside, mostly. When I'm on a film set, the stress is so humongous that I'm dying… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
You tend to be more attentive when you shoot on film because, you know, it costs more, and everybody needs to be… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
We were fortunate enough to shoot 'Alps' - write the script and shoot it - right after 'Dogtooth' premiered in Cannes. So… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I'm planning some films in the U.K., and it will have pros and cons. It takes a lot more time to set… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
It's true that there are younger people making films, and there are different kinds of films. This has created some attention in… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I was making commercials. That's how I learned the craft. That was the marketing part of it: directing commercial for TV. It… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
Even before the economic crisis in Greece there was no structure for making films - no proper industry, and the structure didn't… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
For me, casting is very instinctive, and if I don't feel good about it, I just can't go ahead and make the… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
It was always hard to make films in Greece, but making them with friends made it possible. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
The most important thing is to allow gaps and openings for people to make up their own minds - I don't want… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
Even today, I'm not sure why I make films or what makes me want films. I think it's other people's films. Whenever… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I never think about it much, the visual aspect of it, until we start making the movie. I don't really think about… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
As long as I can make the films I want to make in decent conditions, I am happy. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share
For me, filmmaking is not about making statements but about exposing human behavior so people are eager enough to start thinking on their own… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share
When people don't understand what they're watching, a lot of what they perceive has to do with who they themselves are. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share
No studio picks up the phone after seeing 'Dogtooth' and goes, like, 'We have the next superhero movie.' Though if one did, that would… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share
I learned about making films by going into advertising, making commercials. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share
I don't have time to read much. I'm trying to read 'The Brothers Karamazov' again, for a year now - I keep getting halfway,… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share
Yeah, it shouldn't be an issue. Stories about women, about men, about homosexuals, about heterosexuals. We shouldn't point at what it is. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share
I think it's been obvious from the beginning that my projects are not going to be something that people already have in mind. You… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share
Anytime people see an emotion that is not extremely emotional, they call it 'deadpan.' — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share
I never think in metaphors or fully make those kind of associations myself. I just lay down a complex situation and hope things arise… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share
I work very closely with my co-writer, Efthimis Filippou. Ideas either start from him or me, and then the other one develops it, and… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share
