Takashi Miike

My style is that I have no style.

— Takashi Miike

Boxing fascinates me.

— Takashi Miike

Kurosawa was truly inventive.

— Takashi Miike

I'm actually quite a scaredy cat, myself.

— Takashi Miike

I go to the dentist, not a shrink.

— Takashi Miike

I do enjoy children's shows.

— Takashi Miike

Gozu' was influenced by American cinema.

— Takashi Miike

I use depth in my visuals even in 2-D, and found that 3-D is actually liberating.

— Takashi Miike

I always find another version of myself in each of my films.

— Takashi Miike

There are fragments of me in all my characters.

— Takashi Miike

I am discovering myself as a director all the time.

— Takashi Miike

I don't think a film that has no effect on people or society is a good film.

— Takashi Miike

Imprint' was definitely the scariest project that I've worked on.

— Takashi Miike

People say that my movies are violent. I do not think so.

— Takashi Miike

I don't mind ratings boards. As a viewer, you have the right not to see a film.

— Takashi Miike

I wanted to make '13 Assassins' in the old manner, to use old techniques and not to rely on modern-day ones such…

— Takashi Miike

Maybe '13 Assassins' is the mortal agony and death rattle of a Japanese film industry that has abandoned its creative talent.

— Takashi Miike

As a film-maker, it's only natural to feel happy about new possibilities opening up.

— Takashi Miike

More than my films being influenced by manga I was indelibly impressed by Manga, and that definitely comes out in the films.

— Takashi Miike

My influences happen at more of a subconscious level, I don't dig too deep into that or analyze it myself.

— Takashi Miike

The people who like my work, I know that I can't trick them into laughing someplace where there is not a genuine…

— Takashi Miike

For a long time I was free. I didn't belong to any type of studio, or any company. I kept a sort…

— Takashi Miike

Where there is love, there is a possibility of violence but it's not that love is connected to violence but there's a…

— Takashi Miike

For many years, I was on working on films which were so small of a budget that I could not even build…

— Takashi Miike

I don't know if I would call it therapy, but filmmaking is really the only thing I know how to do. For…

— Takashi Miike

When you're dealing with Hollywood people, it creates a tight, tense atmosphere through the whole thing. And I don't like to work…

— Takashi Miike

I'm even a little afraid of the dark. If I'm alone in the dark I'll sometimes feel that there's a presence behind…

— Takashi Miike

I try to take interest in whatever comes my way. Another aspect of this is [that] if at the beginning it seems…

— Takashi Miike

My generation was a special generation. I was born in 1960 and in my childhood we were all big manga consumers that…

— Takashi Miike

Japanese of my generation try to get through life without stepping on anyone's toes; in some ways that's unnatural and stressful. The…

— Takashi Miike

Manga, as a medium, is very different from cinema. Its creators are free to express themselves with harsh, cruel stories, and they…

— Takashi Miike

I'm not a big fan of violent movies, it's not something I like to watch. And it's not my aim or goal…

— Takashi Miike

The reason I like incorporating the Yakuza into my movies - all their actions, everything they do, you can say 'It's ok…

— Takashi Miike

When you try to be true to the script, changes occur. A script is there to show us a certain direction. But…

— Takashi Miike

Everyone has complexes about their body or their ability and skills and dream of a rebirth into something different. I myself have…

— Takashi Miike

I don't think about the audience, I don't think about what makes them happy, because there's no way for me to know.…

— Takashi Miike

I'm happy that my films were discovered by chance by foreign film festivals. That makes me realise more that there is a…

— Takashi Miike

I don't make rules myself. I didn't study enough to be able to make them. I'm too stupid. I spend my whole…

— Takashi Miike

I think I'm a director that is very easily misunderstood.

— Takashi Miike

Sometimes it's good to know there are limits.

— Takashi Miike