Filmmaking is not a balancing act, although some directors think it is. I don't believe in it. I like ups and downs. They're the best way to translate my feelings to the screen. — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
Every medium has its own kind of freedom. I don't want to just cross from one to the next. I want to enjoy the… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
You hide your instinctive self and instead create a social self with lies. That's how people are able to get along with each other.… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
When you try to be true to the script, changes occur. A script is there to show us a certain direction. But when you… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
Japanese of my generation try to get through life without stepping on anyone's toes; in some ways that's unnatural and stressful. The yakuza are… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
I don't think I'll ever get tired of making films. I wish I could make so many that it would make me get tired,… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
When you see the violence of Hollywood movies, there is a tendency that the hero is combating and confronting many people, without much harm… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
We have this desire for that balance between death and life or death and joy. We want to believe that something we can also… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
You can't really change somebody completely, deep inside your nature. But I think what I did was admit to myself what kind of a… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
When I'm watching one of my movies in a festival with fans who are just into it and they love it? I end up… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
For me, no matter what movie I make, no matter what the genre or the budget, they all have the same theme at their… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
Personally, I enjoy being able to see something that you haven't seen before. — Takashi Miike Copy Share
More than my films being influenced by manga I was indelibly impressed by Manga, and that definitely comes out in the films. — Takashi Miike Copy Share
The people who like my work, I know that I can't trick them into laughing someplace where there is not a genuine reason to… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
As a film-maker, it's only natural to feel happy about new possibilities opening up. — Takashi Miike Copy Share
