Hirokazu Kore-eda Quotes

I came from a background of directing behind-the-scenes documentaries.

When you make documentaries or short films, you have to have eyes and ears in the back of your head and on the sides and all around you. I like that in my films.

I've always slightly harboured a dream of making a film, a documentary feature. Somehow, I just got into a way of working a routine of making TV docs.

I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film.

I think film, to me, as a director, is about telling a story.

Most of my films have been documentaries, but I'm also very interested in narrative filmmaking.

Being a filmmaker is kind of like being a glorified spy.

The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

I try and let the film do the talking.

I'm a documentary filmmaker, I know what it means to craft a story, especially when you've shot a lot of material.

At any filmmaking class, you learn the power of the visual medium and are always trying to minimise the words.

At the end of the day, filmmaking is all about telling stories, and I'm just doing my part.

With me, I probably work a lot more than people assume I do, but people don't realize how much work goes into writing and producing and making a movie.

I see tendencies, I see body language.

I think I might want to get into development, as in developing my own sort of piece, whether it be for the stage or the big screen or for television.

I have stories that I'd like to maybe one day consider directing, but you need a lot of time to write and put it together.

It's a director's job to tell a story and he's very well versed in telling stories with a bit of comedy in them and keeping the pace of the movie right and that's exactly what he did. He was observant of a world he didn't understand but he told a wonderful story.

For me, I see filmmaking as art.

The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.

I am not at all interested in theories about cinema. I am only interested in images and people and sound. I am really a very simple person.

I discovered that, in order to write a magnificent piece, you should shoot the images because once you are filming, you are writing the script in your mind.

I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director, the creative process is really amazing.

At the core, I'm a filmmaker and a storyteller.

I love doing fiction. I love doing performance films and I love doing documentaries that don't have music. I love to shoot and I love to shoot things I'm enthusiastic about.

The great thing about film is you start and finish. It's a journey that lasts so long, TV lasts a long time.