I just try and decide what I’m interested in and what excites me. I don’t worry about how it’s going to be perceived. Yoko Ono Read Quote
I never thought that I would ever actually get to make films. Being from Greece, it wasn’t really a reality. Yoko Ono Read Quote
The way I work, and the material we work with, I think if you analyze too much and have too many specific ideas, it just becomes a little bit too superficial, and then performances might become too self-conscious and project relatively narrow things. Yoko Ono Read Quote
I am not interested in representing reality. Actually, I am interested in representing reality, but that doesn’t mean a naturalistic approach, which I think is kind of impossible. Yoko Ono Read Quote
Rebellion is not always the right thing. Following the rules is not always the right thing. You have to think for yourself and identify the things that do not work for you. Yoko Ono Read Quote
I think there’s all these unknown things you can tap into when you just leave things open, and nothing is forbidden. Then you allow yourself to mold that thing that has been created by freedom and spontaneity and flexibility. That’s why I avoid limiting performances of actors and characters. Yoko Ono Read Quote
The most important thing is to allow gaps and openings for people to make up their own minds – I don’t want my film to be pretending to have one important truth to tell anyone. Yoko Ono Read Quote
I work very physically. I don’t like to intellectualize too much about what we’re doing, or analyze it. Yoko Ono Read Quote
I did have a lot of years watching and appreciating dance and theater and all of those kind of things, and it has informed the way that I work with actors and the way I approach things. Yoko Ono Read Quote
