"I'm happy that my films were discovered by chance by foreign film festivals. That makes me realise more that there is a world outside Japan too. For me, it's an occasion to meet many people and to experience directly the response of international audiences to my films. But for me as a director, my attitude towards making films hasn't changed with the fame. I feel it's not good to change as a person anyway"

-- Takashi Miike

#Attitude Quotes #Japan Quotes #People Quotes

“Neither prosperity nor empire nor heaven can be worth winning at the price of a virulent temper, bloody hands, an anguished spirit, and a vain hatred of the rest of the world.”
“We don't move on in the stunt unless it looks like a hit. So when I see it on TV, I'm generally satisfied that people are going to buy it.”
“I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.”
“People argue themselves out of their pleasures”
“I said it, just like that. No stupid jokes, no changing the subject. For once, I wasn't embarrassed, because it was the truth. I had fallen. I think I had always been falling. And she might as well know, if she didn't already, because there was no going back now. Not for me.”
“I know my limitations, and I don't like politics. I was only involved because of my husband.”
“I try to embrace people with love, unconditional love, like Christ did.”
“Of course, I'd welcome protest. Good criticism is hard to find.”

Source : Source: www.believermag.com

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