Author: Takeshi Kitano

Quotes

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

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

- Takeshi Kitano

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.

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.

- Takeshi Kitano

I don't really expect much from my life. So when I heard my films are premiering in film festival circuits I was glad of course but I thought it was lucky accident.

I don't really expect much from my life. So when I heard my films are premiering in film festival circuits I was glad of course but I thought it was lucky accident.

- Takeshi Kitano

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 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.

- Takeshi Kitano

One thing I hate in movies is when the camera starts circling around the characters. I find that totally fake.

One thing I hate in movies is when the camera starts circling around the characters. I find that totally fake.

- Takeshi Kitano

The thing about art for me is that you can go on theorising your work forever, because it's open to interpretation.

The thing about art for me is that you can go on theorising your work forever, because it's open to interpretation.

- Takeshi Kitano

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