If the film is not emotional, then it operates on a superficial level. — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
I will not cut my film because, because, because, because of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
Yugoslavia was a kind of superpower. Great movies. Beautiful novels. Great rock-and-roll. We became a superpower in basketball. The problem is that people needed… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
My father was an atheist and he always described himself as a Serb. OK, maybe we were Muslim for 250 years, but we were… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
My relationship with Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is very clear: respect. We met a couple of times; once I received a medal from him. I… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
I started moving towards Serbia when I felt my country, Yugoslavia, was being taken away from me. My feeling of nationality was not as… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
I am somebody who respects Putin highly, but I'm not somebody who is against America. — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
When you make movies the way I do, you invest everything you have. And you do it like a crazy maniac. — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
In Serbia a lot of people hate me because they want to westernize, not understanding that the western world is bipolar, with very good… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
At a certain moment, Yugoslavia stopped being rational, and then you end up going to war. — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
Most people only remember Maradona for the bad parts now. But he was a genius, someone who lifted us and himself up to the… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
