Yorgos Lanthimos

As long as I can make the films I want to make in decent conditions, I am happy.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

I'm just trying to progress with every film I make and become better.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

For me, filmmaking is not about making statements but about exposing human behavior so people are eager enough to start thinking on…

— 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.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

No studio picks up the phone after seeing 'Dogtooth' and goes, like, 'We have the next superhero movie.' Though if one did,…

— Yorgos Lanthimos

Everybody has a love/hate relationship with their own country.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

I learned about making films by going into advertising, making commercials.

— 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…

— 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.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

I think children are really violent with each other often.

— 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…

— Yorgos Lanthimos

Anytime people see an emotion that is not extremely emotional, they call it 'deadpan.'

— Yorgos Lanthimos

I never think in metaphors or fully make those kind of associations myself. I just lay down a complex situation and hope…

— Yorgos Lanthimos

I'm very open to making films anywhere in the world.

— 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…

— Yorgos Lanthimos

I either enjoy things or not. And things either make me think, or they don't. Or they mess with me, and I…

— Yorgos Lanthimos

American culture is kind of a universal culture, I guess. It's things Greeks grew up with, common references you can use. It's…

— Yorgos Lanthimos

I just think it's interesting to start a dialogue.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

I've played around with the notion of making a series on the premise of 'Alps' because it's one of the films no…

— Yorgos Lanthimos

I just try and decide what I'm interested in and what excites me. I don't worry about how it's going to be…

— Yorgos Lanthimos

For some reason, I guess, people wanted me to prove myself in English-language films.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

Having rules means that sometimes people break them, and that means punishment.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

Try to place the camera somewhere where you get most of the information from there, so you don't need to have too…

— Yorgos Lanthimos

If you use music boldly at the front of a scene, it creates another level.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

We were fortunate enough to shoot 'Alps' - write the script and shoot it - right after 'Dogtooth' premiered in Cannes. So…

— Yorgos Lanthimos