Yorgos Lanthimos Quotes

All of us have been through relationships; there have been periods of time when we've been single. It's something that everyone experiences. It's a matter of making that observation and then start to ask questions about it: Why is it like that? And why do we feel that? And why are we organized this way? Isn't there any other way?
All the talented and smart actors, they get it: as soon as it comes out of their mouth, they know if it's right or wrong. If the writing has a particular voice, they get it, and they can hit it.
Anytime people see an emotion that is not extremely emotional, they call it 'deadpan.'
As an audience member myself, I love to be in a position where I'm trying to figure out what I am supposed to feel or if what I'm feeling is appropriate or not.
As long as I can make the films I want to make in decent conditions, I am happy.
Because we're brought into the world or educated in a certain way, we're trained to accept the world in a certain way.
Being extremely honest is quite funny. But there's no recipe or concept that I can bring up that fully defines what we find humorous. It's instinctive.
By employing a certain sense of humor, you essentially get more serious about things and show conflict more effectively than if you were overly dramatic or only violent because that's a one-way approach that just forces audiences to watch something appalling.
Don't think too hard. Just be present, and things will reveal themselves.
Even today, I'm not sure why I make films or what makes me want films. I think it's other people's films. Whenever I see a really great film, I think, 'I want to make a film like that.' And then I never do.
Everybody has a love/hate relationship with their own country.
For me, casting is very instinctive, and if I don't feel good about it, I just can't go ahead and make the film.
For me, filmmaking is not about making statements but about exposing human behavior so people are eager enough to start thinking on their own and make their own assumptions.
For some reason, I guess, people wanted me to prove myself in English-language films.
Having a couple of films that were successful internationally has made the film community aware of the films coming out of Greece.
Having rules means that sometimes people break them, and that means punishment.
I always expect people to be torn when they see one of my films and divided in some way.
I always loved films, and when I decided to go to film school, it was with the excuse that I would go into making commercials, because that would be a proper profession, and people wouldn't think I was crazy.
I always try and decide what I'm interested in, and I just do that.
I am calm but on the outside, mostly. When I'm on a film set, the stress is so humongous that I'm dying inside - I'm extremely stressed, but I do try, and... well, I don't try. I think it's my natural reaction to not externalize things.
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