24 Quotes by Takeshi Kitano

I always come to conclusions very fast. Well, that is one way of thinking, and the other way would be that I lack the necessary perseverance to stick to one thing that really fits me. I don't know if it's a good thing or bad thing.

Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets.

Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.

I thought maybe I could become like the next Van Gogh. I bought a sunflower and painted it, and it looked like the work of a 6-year-old.

I intentionally shoot violence to make the audience feel real pain. I have never and I will never shoot violence as if it's some kind of action video game.

For me comedy and violence has a lot in common. Just as you expect, comedy always lurks behind the most unexpected of circumstances.

I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.

I do all these various activities like painting and writing, comedy and films probably because not that I'm good at everything but because I'm not good at any of these things.

When people tell me I'm an artist, I say, 'What?' It's impossible for me to take the idea seriously.