Having rules means that sometimes people break them, and that means punishment. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
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 Image
I think you can tell a lot about people if you observe them as they're observing. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
Most acting is very melodramatic. It's not what you see in people. — 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
Anytime people see an emotion that is not extremely emotional, they call it 'deadpan.' — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
People influence each other, so one screening will be filled with laughs while another is dead silent. — 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
There are things to love about filmmaking in Greece. People are generous: If you get along well with others, the people around… — 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
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 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 just do things that I'm interested in making and work with the people I'm interested in working with, and it's very… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
Sometimes people say things and don't really know what they mean by what they're saying. Subconsciously, it might mean something different. — 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 make films that are what they are. Some people like them, and some people don't. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I find it very interesting to keep people uncertain about what is what and figure it out as they go. — 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
