All Quotes

I think children are really violent with each other often. ”

The Lobster,' at some point, was my most accessible film. Then I made 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer,' which turned out to be not as accessible as 'The Lobster.' It was the film I wanted to make and the story I wanted to tell. ”

I am calm but on the outside, mostly. When I'm on a film set, the stress is so humongous that I'm dying inside - I'm extremely stressed, but I do try, and... well, I don't try. I think it's my natural reaction to not externalize things. ”

Anytime people see an emotion that is not extremely emotional, they call it 'deadpan.' ”

There's much more activity in England than in Greece. Or at least there's a lot more development, which obviously brings another set of problems. ”

Most times, women are seen through the male gaze, so they are often shown as housewives, girlfriends, or objects of desire. ”

The actors bring their own stuff and thoughts, and most of the time, I don't want to know what they are. It allows me to have more distance and observe what they're doing without having the knowledge of what they have in their minds, so I can see clearly how that feels to me. ”

Of course I know what works for me and what kind of tone I want my films to have. ”

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. ”

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. ”