Controversial Movies Quotes

I think you kind of hope for people to gush over movies, but I think the opposite way is great sometimes, too. I'd rather have a movie that you're angry about and that you're talking about the next day, than something you forget about when the popcorn goes into the trash.

I've been in a few movies that really have the tendency to polarize people, and I kind of like that. I kind of like anything that pushes people's buttons. People will always take things as they want, and project stuff on it - it's just kind of what people do. Whether it's violence or teen pregnancy, whatever.

I can remember when 'Pulp Fiction' came out. I was, like, 10 years old. But I remember the impact that it had.

I know I'm regarded as an establishment figure, but I was crucified by the establishment for 'Oh! What a Lovely War', 'Gandhi' and 'Cry Freedom.'

Someone like Roman Polanski comes with a lifetime of achievement, cinematically.

Oh, some of my films have been attacked with absolute vitriol!

You kind of know what kind of reaction a Yorgos Lanthimos movie is going to get.

Even though ripping on those of the Christian cloth is nothing new, edgy, or thought provoking, Hollywood feels the need to do it with each of their religiously overtoned talkies.