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> [I think you can be much truer to real emotions and reality by creating something that on the surface seems artificial but, by then putting everything together in the end, is much more impactful than trying to use realism in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yorgos-lanthimos/i-think-you-can-be-much-truer-to-real-emotions-and-reality-by/)

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

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## 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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