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I am not interested in representing reality. Actually, I am interested in representing reality, but that doesn't mean a naturalistic approach, which I think is kind of impossible.
I did have a lot of years watching and appreciating dance and theater and all of those kind of things, and it has informed the way that I work with actors and the way I approach things.
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, and then there's a lot of work, and I forget it, and I have to go back to the beginning.
I don't make long-term plans, for sure.
I either enjoy things or not. And things either make me think, or they don't. Or they mess with me, and I feel awkward.
I enjoy sometimes focusing on a character in a scene that's not actually doing the main action or the talking.
I feel kind of offended when I watch films, and everything is explained to me - you know, laying out how I should feel from one scene to the next.
I find it very interesting to keep people uncertain about what is what and figure it out as they go.
I haven't been a director-for-hire for any project. I work with people who appreciate that, understand that, and want to work that way.
I just do things that I'm interested in making and work with the people I'm interested in working with, and it's very important for me to maintain the creative control because, otherwise, I just don't want to do it.
I just think it's interesting to start a dialogue.
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 perceived.
I learned about making films by going into advertising, making commercials.
I made three films in Greece, and they're made under very specific, very limited conditions.
I make films that are what they are. Some people like them, and some people don't.
I make films to explore concepts and raise questions, not tell the audience what to think.
I never knew that I would even be making English-language films.
I never think about it much, the visual aspect of it, until we start making the movie. I don't really think about it when we write. When we finish, and I start putting the film together, and we pick the locations, I do think about that a lot.
I never think in metaphors or fully make those kind of associations myself. I just lay down a complex situation and hope things arise from that.
I never thought that I would ever actually get to make films. Being from Greece, it wasn't really a reality.
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