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
Bigger-budgeted films have more restrictions and less freedom to create. Because of this, I try to find freedom in the people I… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I believe that when people try to live their life at the fullest, there's a certain laughter that comes out of it.… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
I honestly do feel like the Yakuza film genre is going away. And I don't personally feel like there's any meaning in… — 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
For me, trying to expand the energy to make one movie in Hollywood would be the equivalent in terms of energy to… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
The reason I like incorporating the Yakuza into my movies - all their actions, everything they do, you can say 'It's ok… — 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
I try to take interest in whatever comes my way. Another aspect of this is [that] if at the beginning it seems… — 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
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
I don't think about the audience, I don't think about what makes them happy, because there's no way for me to know.… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Personally, I enjoy being able to see something that you haven't seen before. — Takashi Miike Copy Share
More than my films being influenced by manga I was indelibly impressed by Manga, and that definitely comes out in the films. — Takashi Miike Copy Share
The people who like my work, I know that I can't trick them into laughing someplace where there is not a genuine reason to… — Takashi Miike Copy Share
As a film-maker, it's only natural to feel happy about new possibilities opening up. — Takashi Miike Copy Share
![“I try to take interest in whatever comes my way. Another aspect of this is [that] if at the beginning it seems like something I don't want to do, I ask myself why I don't want to do this and why I feel this way. It's perhaps rooted in the fact that I'm trying to avoid something.” quote by Takashi Miike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbf/takashi-miike-3507_asks_i-try-to-take-interest-in-whatever-comes_1375443.jpg)
