Takeshi Kitano Quotes

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

Violence, Comedy, Unexpected

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

Violence, Both, Humour

I always come to conclusions very fast. Well, that is one way of thinking, and the other way would be that I lack the necessary perseverance to stick to one thing that really fits me. I don't know if it's a good thing or bad thing.
Takeshi Kitano

Good, Bad, Thinking

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

Good, Writing, Everything

I don't really expect much from my life. So when I heard my films are premiering in film festival circuits I was glad of course but I thought it was lucky accident.
Takeshi Kitano

Life, Thought, Film

I intentionally shoot violence to make the audience feel real pain. I have never and I will never shoot violence as if it's some kind of action video game.
Takeshi Kitano

Pain, Game, Real

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.
Takeshi Kitano

Give, Joy, Free

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

Work, Thought, Become

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

Failure, Nothing, Career

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

Movies, Hate, Fake

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

Good, Fighting, Film

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

Work, Art, Forever

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

Impossible, Tell, Idea

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Biography

Nationality: Japanese

Type: Actor

Born: January 18, 1947

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