Takeshi Kitano Quotes

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

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

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

When people tell me I'm an artist, I say, 'What?' It's impossible for me to take the idea seriously.

I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.

For me comedy and violence has a lot in common. Just as you expect, comedy always lurks behind the most unexpected of circumstances.

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

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.

Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets.