I wouldn’t be making films if I just wanted to express some specific ideas; then I would be writing essays or something. Yoko Ono Read Quote
Sometimes people say things and don’t really know what they mean by what they’re saying. Subconsciously, it might mean something different. Yoko Ono Read Quote
Even today, I’m not sure why I make films or what makes me want films. I think it’s other people’s films. Whenever I see a really great film, I think, ‘I want to make a film like that.’ And then I never do. Yoko Ono Read Quote
I just do things that I’m interested in making and work with the people I’m interested in working with, and it’s very important for me to maintain the creative control because, otherwise, I just don’t want to do it. Yoko Ono Read Quote
Starting in Greece, you couldn’t really say, ‘I’m going to become a film-maker.’ A 15-year-old boy in Greece in the ’80s and ’90s? There was nothing like that happening. Yoko Ono Read Quote
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. Yoko Ono Read Quote
Having a couple of films that were successful internationally has made the film community aware of the films coming out of Greece. Yoko Ono Read Quote
