Cinema Quote by Yorgos Lanthimos

I used to be quite negative about going back to Greece and making something, but there is a certain kind of freedom that I've…

— Yorgos Lanthimos

It was always hard to make films in Greece, but making them with friends made it possible.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

I never thought that I would ever actually get to make films. Being from Greece, it wasn't really a reality.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

I want to make films with a broad scope; produced in Italy but looking at the world.

— Ginevra Elkann

Having a couple of films that were successful internationally has made the film community aware of the films coming out of Greece.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

You can make films in a lot of countries, but they don't have very wide releases.

— Thalia

Even before the economic crisis in Greece there was no structure for making films - no proper industry, and the structure didn't help filmmakers…

— Yorgos Lanthimos

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

— Sydney Pollack

It is a big thing to work in a foreign film.

— Mahira Khan

I've been working a long time, and mostly European films.

— Lena Headey

There are things to love about filmmaking in Greece. People are generous: If you get along well with others, the people around you will…

— Yorgos Lanthimos

I find it so hard to make films about my own region, but it could happen.

— Debra Granik