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Hollywood industry people are very spoiled. I don't think they can adjust to the insane, no-money, super-hard working tradition of Japanese filmmaking. I don't…

— Ryuhei Kitamura

I always enjoy working with an international crew and director. But on the set of a Hollywood action film - now that's a whole…

— Tadanobu Asano

I have done several films, but I've mostly done TV, and 99% of the work I've done has been in Japan.

— Julie Dreyfus

I've been making movies for a long time. The Japanese way of making movies has become second nature to me. To get away from…

— Takashi Miike

If my films did better at the box office in Japan, it would be easier to get them made.

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

Doing anything in Japan as a sort of architecture - related project is just fantastic because they do everything so perfectly and so quickly.…

— Marc Newson

For me, trying to expand the energy to make one movie in Hollywood would be the equivalent in terms of energy to making 10…

— Takashi Miike

But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood.

— Sydney Pollack

It doesn't matter to me where am I going. Language is not a barrier for me, I can go anywhere with my craft, so…

— Disha Patani

I don't choose to make low-budget films. But that is the reality of surviving in the Japanese film industry. However, the trade off is,…

— Takashi Miike

I travel a lot. Japanese culture is very ancient and very strong. That's why most people who commission work from Japanese architects expect them…

— Shigeru Ban

Part of [Japanese companies] growing and expanding around the world is ... going to help the Japanese keep their lifestyles [despite Japan's] demographics, as…

— Jamie Dimon