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… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I am not interested in representing reality. Actually, I am interested in representing reality, but that doesn't mean a naturalistic approach, which… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I think there's all these unknown things you can tap into when you just leave things open, and nothing is forbidden. Then… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I think you can tell a lot about people if you observe them as they're observing. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
The way I work, and the material we work with, I think if you analyze too much and have too many specific… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I am calm but on the outside, mostly. When I'm on a film set, the stress is so humongous that I'm dying… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I think human relationships - the whole thing is cruel. It's very difficult. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
As long as I can make the films I want to make in decent conditions, I am happy. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to progress with every film I make and become better. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
For me, filmmaking is not about making statements but about exposing human behavior so people are eager enough to start thinking on their own… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
When people don't understand what they're watching, a lot of what they perceive has to do with who they themselves are. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
No studio picks up the phone after seeing 'Dogtooth' and goes, like, 'We have the next superhero movie.' Though if one did, that would… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I learned about making films by going into advertising, making commercials. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
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,… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
Yeah, it shouldn't be an issue. Stories about women, about men, about homosexuals, about heterosexuals. We shouldn't point at what it is. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
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… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
Anytime people see an emotion that is not extremely emotional, they call it 'deadpan.' — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
