55 Quotes by Sebastian Lelio

I was always making new friends, then losing them.

Every human society has its lights and its shadows. That's the reality of existence.

Either we learn to live together and embrace the complexity of life, or we will end up with fascism again and destroy ourselves.

In the case of 'Disobedience,' the very secretive way of life and religion and tradition that the North London Orthodox Jewish community has was a huge invitation to explore an unknown world. And also a possible trap, and I tried to overcome that by portraying it, hopefully, with great nuance and detail and texture.

I'm very open to following the stories that move me and reach that flexibility where you can be more flexible. I'm expanding my horizons.

Film is a game of projections upon projections, and the projected image on the screen is a game of light and shadows. There is nothing there; it is the brain that is decoding those things. The film doesn't have any decipherable kind of meaning if it's not seen.

We all face crossroads in our lives where we can retreat into ourselves, or we can hit the dance floor.

Sometimes we have to disobey in order to transcend, in order to survive.

Death is astute as a master. It's a process that teaches people aspects of themselves.