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As an audience member myself, I love to be in a position where I'm trying to figure out what I am supposed to feel or if what I'm feeling is appropriate or not.
Yorgos Lanthimos
Love
Myself
Feeling
Appropriate
Member
Out
Feel
Supposed
Audience
Audience Member
Am
Trying
Where
Figure
Position
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.
Yorgos Lanthimos
Natural
Try
Stress
Calm
Think
Extremely
Inside
Outside
Reaction
Well
Mostly
Am
Dying
Film
Things
Film Set
Stressed
Set
I never think about it much, the visual aspect of it, until we start making the movie. I don't really think about it when we write. When we finish, and I start putting the film together, and we pick the locations, I do think about that a lot.
Yorgos Lanthimos
Together
Think
Locations
Visual
About
Finish
Write
Never
Pick
Putting
Until
Making
Lot
Movie
Much
Really
Aspect
Film
Start
'The Lobster' is very particular, and we did need to create a very specific world with specific rules so the whole premise would work.
Yorgos Lanthimos
Work
World
Lobster
Rules
Would
Particular
Very
Did
Create
Premise
Whole
Specific
Need
All the talented and smart actors, they get it: as soon as it comes out of their mouth, they know if it's right or wrong. If the writing has a particular voice, they get it, and they can hit it.
Yorgos Lanthimos
Writing
Smart
Mouth
Out
Voice
Wrong
Soon
Talented
Particular
Know
Hit
Get
Actor
Right
All of us have been through relationships; there have been periods of time when we've been single. It's something that everyone experiences. It's a matter of making that observation and then start to ask questions about it: Why is it like that? And why do we feel that? And why are we organized this way? Isn't there any other way?
Yorgos Lanthimos
Time
Matter
Single
Other
Relationships
Everyone
Way
About
Something
Through
Observation
Feel
Like
Periods
Making
Been
Questions
Any
Any Other Way
Experiences
Ask
Then
Us
Organized
Why
Start
For some reason, I guess, people wanted me to prove myself in English-language films.
Yorgos Lanthimos
Myself
Me
People
Films
Guess
Some
Prove
Wanted
Reason
Sometimes people say things and don't really know what they mean by what they're saying. Subconsciously, it might mean something different.
Yorgos Lanthimos
Saying
People
Sometimes
Say
People Say
Something
Know
Subconsciously
Different
Mean
Might
Really
Things
Something that's a hilarious comedy, for someone else might be a drama.
Yorgos Lanthimos
Comedy
Hilarious
Drama
Else
Someone
Something
Might
Of course you can't do anything completely original.
Yorgos Lanthimos
You
Course
Anything
Original
It's hard not to be political.
Yorgos Lanthimos
Political
Hard
I work very physically. I don't like to intellectualize too much about what we're doing, or analyze it.
Yorgos Lanthimos
Work
Too Much
Too
Analyze
About
Physically
Like
Doing
Very
Much
I find it very interesting to keep people uncertain about what is what and figure it out as they go.
Yorgos Lanthimos
People
Out
Find
About
Uncertain
Go
Very
Interesting
Figure
Keep
Personal relationships, mood, chance, or anything like that can actually affect people's decisions, and when they're in a position of power, their capriciousness can affect the fate of a nation.
Yorgos Lanthimos
People
Fate
Power
Nation
Relationships
Mood
Like
Affect
Personal
Anything
Personal Relationships
Decisions
Actually
Chance
Position
People influence each other, so one screening will be filled with laughs while another is dead silent.
Yorgos Lanthimos
People
Will
Other
Laughs
Silent
Dead
Another
Influence
Screening
While
Each
Filled
For me, casting is very instinctive, and if I don't feel good about it, I just can't go ahead and make the film.
Yorgos Lanthimos
Good
Me
Feel Good
About
Casting
Feel
Instinctive
Make
Go
Very
Just
Film
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.
Yorgos Lanthimos
Today
Great
Me
People
Think
Films
Other
Great Film
See
Never
Like
Make
Sure
Makes
Whenever
Want
Then
Really
Even
Film
Why
There's much more activity in England than in Greece. Or at least there's a lot more development, which obviously brings another set of problems.
Yorgos Lanthimos
Problems
More
Development
Obviously
Another
Least
Lot
Greece
Than
Which
Much
England
Activity
Brings
Set
I made three films in Greece, and they're made under very specific, very limited conditions.
Yorgos Lanthimos
Made
Three
Films
Limited
Conditions
Very
Greece
Specific
I'm just trying to progress with every film I make and become better.
Yorgos Lanthimos
Progress
Better
Become
Every
Make
Trying
Just
Film
I want all the mistakes to be mine, and I want to take responsibility for everything even if I fail. Whatever the project is, I need to have the final say.
Yorgos Lanthimos
Responsibility
Mistakes
Whatever
Final
Everything
Project
Mine
Say
Take
Fail
Want
Even
Need
I always try and decide what I'm interested in, and I just do that.
Yorgos Lanthimos
Try
Always
Just
Decide
Interested
The best way to watch a film is to not know anything about the person who made it.
Yorgos Lanthimos
Best
Made
Way
Best Way
About
Know
Person
Anything
Who
Film
Watch
Uncertainty helps keep actors on edge.
Yorgos Lanthimos
Edge
Uncertainty
Helps
Keep
Actor
If you use music boldly at the front of a scene, it creates another level.
Yorgos Lanthimos
Music
You
Scene
Another
Front
Creates
Use
Boldly
Level
Most acting is very melodramatic. It's not what you see in people.
Yorgos Lanthimos
You
People
See
Most
Very
Acting
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