Yorgos Lanthimos Quotes

"I make films to explore concepts and raise questions, not tell the audience what to think."

"Don't think too hard. Just be present, and things will reveal themselves."

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

"I'm interested in many different things. I guess I just want to evolve."

"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 make films that are what they are. Some people like them, and some people don't."

"I always expect people to be torn when they see one of my films and divided in some way."

"I find it very interesting to keep people uncertain about what is what and figure it out as they go."

"In film, I like transformation. That goes for the language, for the image, for the performance."

"There are various ways of delivering some kind of truth, so I try to find the style or the way that I find more effective."

"Telling a story is the way of exploring so many different things - human behavior, society, whatever existence."

"I think you can tell a lot about people if you observe them as they're observing."

"In general, I like contradictions and complex situations."

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

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

"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."

"When I look at my films, all I see is everything that went wrong."

"I wouldn't be making films if I just wanted to express some specific ideas; then I would be writing essays or something."

"Of course you can't do anything completely original."

"Something that's a hilarious comedy, for someone else might be a drama."

"The best way to watch a film is to not know anything about the person who made it."

"When people don't understand what they're watching, a lot of what they perceive has to do with who they themselves are."