There are various ways of delivering some kind of truth, so I try to find the style or the way that I… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I haven't been a director-for-hire for any project. I work with people who appreciate that, understand that, and want to work that… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I always expect people to be torn when they see one of my films and divided in some way. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I did have a lot of years watching and appreciating dance and theater and all of those kind of things, and it… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
All of us have been through relationships; there have been periods of time when we've been single. It's something that everyone experiences.… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
Because we're brought into the world or educated in a certain way, we're trained to accept the world in a certain way. — 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
If actors are trying to convey, in a smart way, the context of the scene, that becomes too self-conscious. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
Provocative... I used to be defensive about it, but in the end, I realised it's exactly right. It's what we're trying to… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
The best way to watch a film is to not know anything about the person who made it. — 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