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title: "1 Focusing Quotes By Yorgos Lanthimos"
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> [I enjoy sometimes focusing on a character in a scene that's not actually doing the main action or the talking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yorgos-lanthimos/i-enjoy-sometimes-focusing-on-a-character-in-a-scene-that-s-not/)

[Yorgos Lanthimos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yorgos-lanthimos/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e92/yorgos-lanthimos-4870_action_i-enjoy-sometimes-focusing-on-a-characte_2906965.jpg)

## Other authors on Focusing

## More by Yorgos Lanthimos

> [As long as I can make the films I want to make in decent conditions, I am happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yorgos-lanthimos/as-long-as-i-can-make-the-films-i-want-to-make-in-decent-conditions-i/)

[Yorgos Lanthimos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yorgos-lanthimos/)

> [I'm just trying to progress with every film I make and become better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yorgos-lanthimos/i-m-just-trying-to-progress-with-every-film-i-make-and-become-better/)

[Yorgos Lanthimos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yorgos-lanthimos/)

> [For me, filmmaking is not about making statements but about exposing human behavior so people are eager enough to start thinking on their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yorgos-lanthimos/for-me-filmmaking-is-not-about-making-statements-but-about-exposing/)

[Yorgos Lanthimos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yorgos-lanthimos/)

> [When people don't understand what they're watching, a lot of what they perceive has to do with who they themselves are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yorgos-lanthimos/when-people-don-t-understand-what-they-re-watching-a-lot-of-what-they/)

[Yorgos Lanthimos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yorgos-lanthimos/)

> [No studio picks up the phone after seeing 'Dogtooth' and goes, like, 'We have the next superhero movie.' Though if one did, that would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yorgos-lanthimos/no-studio-picks-up-the-phone-after-seeing-dogtooth-and-goes-like-we/)

[Yorgos Lanthimos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yorgos-lanthimos/)

> [Everybody has a love/hate relationship with their own country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yorgos-lanthimos/everybody-has-a-love-hate-relationship-with-their-own-country/)

[Yorgos Lanthimos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yorgos-lanthimos/)

> [I learned about making films by going into advertising, making commercials.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yorgos-lanthimos/i-learned-about-making-films-by-going-into-advertising-making/)

[Yorgos Lanthimos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yorgos-lanthimos/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yorgos-lanthimos/i-don-t-have-time-to-read-much-i-m-trying-to-read-the-brothers/)

[Yorgos Lanthimos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yorgos-lanthimos/)

> [Yeah, it shouldn't be an issue. Stories about women, about men, about homosexuals, about heterosexuals. We shouldn't point at what it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yorgos-lanthimos/yeah-it-shouldn-t-be-an-issue-stories-about-women-about-men-about/)

[Yorgos Lanthimos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yorgos-lanthimos/)

> [I think children are really violent with each other often.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yorgos-lanthimos/i-think-children-are-really-violent-with-each-other-often/)

[Yorgos Lanthimos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yorgos-lanthimos/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yorgos-lanthimos/i-think-it-s-been-obvious-from-the-beginning-that-my-projects-are-not/)

[Yorgos Lanthimos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yorgos-lanthimos/)

> [Anytime people see an emotion that is not extremely emotional, they call it 'deadpan.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yorgos-lanthimos/anytime-people-see-an-emotion-that-is-not-extremely-emotional-they/)

[Yorgos Lanthimos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yorgos-lanthimos/)

> [I never think in metaphors or fully make those kind of associations myself. I just lay down a complex situation and hope things arise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yorgos-lanthimos/i-never-think-in-metaphors-or-fully-make-those-kind-of-associations/)

[Yorgos Lanthimos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yorgos-lanthimos/)

> [I'm very open to making films anywhere in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yorgos-lanthimos/i-m-very-open-to-making-films-anywhere-in-the-world/)

[Yorgos Lanthimos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yorgos-lanthimos/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yorgos-lanthimos/i-work-very-closely-with-my-co-writer-efthimis-filippou-ideas-either/)

[Yorgos Lanthimos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yorgos-lanthimos/)

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