Cinema Quotes by Yorgos Lanthimos

I wasn't a film buff.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

The best way to watch a film is to not know anything about the person who made it.

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When I look at my films, all I see is everything that went wrong.

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Of course I know what works for me and what kind of tone I want my films to have.

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It's weird to try and identify a nationality for a film.

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As long as I can make the films I want to make in decent conditions, I am happy.

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It's hard for me to consider something in cinema or theater as something realistic.

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I'm just trying to progress with every film I make and become better.

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I make films that are what they are. Some people like them, and some people don't.

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I always expect people to be torn when they see one of my films and divided in some way.

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I make films to explore concepts and raise questions, not tell the audience what to think.

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I've played around with the notion of making a series on the premise of 'Alps' because it's one of the films no…

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Whenever a film doesn't follow to the letter the preset strict conventional rules of today's commercial cinema, it's considered weird.

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In film, I like transformation. That goes for the language, for the image, for the performance.

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It was always hard to make films in Greece, but making them with friends made it possible.

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I never thought that I would ever actually get to make films. Being from Greece, it wasn't really a reality.

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For me, casting is very instinctive, and if I don't feel good about it, I just can't go ahead and make the…

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I always loved films, and when I decided to go to film school, it was with the excuse that I would go…

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'The Lobster,' at some point, was my most accessible film. Then I made 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer,' which turned out…

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In any case, I would never make a film that was only one thing. Even if it's my warmest, most romantic film,…

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For me, filmmaking is not about making statements but about exposing human behavior so people are eager enough to start thinking on…

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Starting in Greece, you couldn't really say, 'I'm going to become a film-maker.' A 15-year-old boy in Greece in the '80s and…

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The most important thing is to allow gaps and openings for people to make up their own minds - I don't want…

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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…

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You tend to be more attentive when you shoot on film because, you know, it costs more, and everybody needs to be…

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It's true that there are younger people making films, and there are different kinds of films. This has created some attention in…

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I'm planning some films in the U.K., and it will have pros and cons. It takes a lot more time to set…

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Even before the economic crisis in Greece there was no structure for making films - no proper industry, and the structure didn't…

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I was making commercials. That's how I learned the craft. That was the marketing part of it: directing commercial for TV. It…

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I never knew that I would even be making English-language films.

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I'm very open to making films anywhere in the world.

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I learned about making films by going into advertising, making commercials.

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I wouldn't be making films if I just wanted to express some specific ideas; then I would be writing essays or something.

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I made three films in Greece, and they're made under very specific, very limited conditions.

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For some reason, I guess, people wanted me to prove myself in English-language films.

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I feel kind of offended when I watch films, and everything is explained to me - you know, laying out how I…

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Having a couple of films that were successful internationally has made the film community aware of the films coming out of Greece.

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We were fortunate enough to shoot 'Alps' - write the script and shoot it - right after 'Dogtooth' premiered in Cannes. So…

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