100 Quotes by Yorgos Lanthimos

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

I think children are really violent with each other often.

People influence each other, so one screening will be filled with laughs while another is dead silent.

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.

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

I think I do things that are more common in theatre.

No studio picks up the phone after seeing 'Dogtooth' and goes, like, 'We have the next superhero movie.' Though if one did, that would be an interesting studio to work with.

In general, I like contradictions and complex situations.

I work very closely with my co-writer, Efthimis Filippou. Ideas either start from him or me, and then the other one develops it, and it's a constant conversation.