Live life before making movies, because you cannot make films about life, without having lived one. — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
And if I'm running away from something, I try to make myself face it and overcome that initial fear. As a director,… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to make movies simply about life. Naturally, when I'm doing that, horror, violence, and all those kinds of things… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
When you're dealing with Hollywood people, it creates a tight, tense atmosphere through the whole thing. And I don't like to work… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I don't know if I would call it therapy, but filmmaking is really the only thing I know how to do. For… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
For me, no matter what movie I make, no matter what the genre or the budget, they all have the same theme… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
If you're trying to be realistic and bring real life to the screen, you are going to have different elements. That's what… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
You can't really make something or make a movie and feel all through the process that it's a painful thing. It's not… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I do not proactively approach Hollywood, but also I do not always turn down offers. But since I'm living as a movie… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
On the times when I used to make movies that were with a lower budget, nobody was expecting it to be a… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I'm not a big fan of violent movies, it's not something I like to watch. And it's not my aim or goal… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
When I'm watching one of my movies in a festival with fans who are just into it and they love it? I… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
When you try to be true to the script, changes occur. A script is there to show us a certain direction. But… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
It wasn't really my intention to make movies quickly - it's more to do with the reality of the Japanese film industry.… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I have three kids. Now they're all grown up, but when they were little, every time I would start a new project,… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I've been making movies for a long time. The Japanese way of making movies has become second nature to me. To get… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
Normally sports day is once a year for kids, where you have fun, and everybody is jostling. For us, making movies is… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I just feel my body clock is different when it comes to making films than other directors. Being on set, and sweating,… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I don't make rules myself. I didn't study enough to be able to make them. I'm too stupid. I spend my whole… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Boxing is a metaphor for hitting back and showing you can win in life. — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Personally, I enjoy being able to see something that you haven't seen before. — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
