Author: Takeshi Kitano

Quotes

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

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

My film directorial career has been nothing but repetition of one failure after another!

My film directorial career has been nothing but repetition of one failure after another!

- Takeshi Kitano

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

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