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

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


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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.

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.



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

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



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.

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.



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

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



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

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



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.

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.



I hate seeing people getting hurt or hurting other people. I hate seeing blood. I am very intolerant of physical pain. I find violence horrifying, so much so that I can't help being intrigued by it.

I hate seeing people getting hurt or hurting other people. I hate seeing blood. I am very intolerant of physical pain. I find violence horrifying, so much so that I can't help being intrigued by it.



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

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



My philosophy is that one shall not resort to violence unless one is resolved to become the subject of violence at any time.

My philosophy is that one shall not resort to violence unless one is resolved to become the subject of violence at any time.



I think I am more of a coward than anybody. It's a very weird feeling. The more I fear violence, the more I'm inclined to depict it in films.

I think I am more of a coward than anybody. It's a very weird feeling. The more I fear violence, the more I'm inclined to depict it in films.





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To me, a mark of maturity is realizing that nobody runs the world. Fat cat politicians and secret conspiracies don't control our lives. In reality, the world is much more complex than that.

To me, a mark of maturity is realizing that nobody runs the world. Fat cat politicians and secret conspiracies don't control our lives. In reality, the world is much more complex than that.



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The foundation is being laid for the emergence of both wind and solar cells as cornerstones of the new energy economy.



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I want to be around people smart enough to know God created the heavens and the earth.



Life really went backwards. My parents lost everything, all their savings, because we had to run from the Nigerian side to the Biafran side. We were Igbos.

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I don't think I'd have done comedy if I was born eighty years ago I'd have been a lord. Shooting people that were on my land With a wig, yeah. And some crisps.

I don't think I'd have done comedy if I was born eighty years ago I'd have been a lord. Shooting people that were on my land With a wig, yeah. And some crisps.



So long as money can answer, it were wrong in any business to put the life in danger.

So long as money can answer, it were wrong in any business to put the life in danger.



I look upon pride as a sin.

I look upon pride as a sin.




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