End Quote by 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 their own…

— 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, that would…

— 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 getting halfway,…

— 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 mind. You…

— Yorgos Lanthimos

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

— Yorgos Lanthimos