Quotes

[Sky News, January 29, 2018] The American society is completely numb. They are suffocating under capitalism to a point where they don't really feel it anymore.

[on the #MeToo movement - Variety, January 12, 2018] Maybe it's very European, but I always see both sides. I feel very sorry for the people who have been [sexually] harassed, but I also feel very sorry for the people who have lived a life where they have been harassing people. You cannot tell me any of these people are really happy, it's more like a disease. So I really think it's important for everyone to wake up. That would be my hashtag: #WakeUp.

[on not being nominated for an Oscar for Phantom Thread (2017) - The Irish Times, July 14, 2021], I had started lighting a candle every morning to not be nominated. And I know it sounds weird, but I was scared of it. I wasn't sure what it would do to me. I felt it [Oscar] was sort of a poison.

[Paperjam, September 5, 2022] In a world where cinema is now called Netflix or Amazon, where everything is summed up in money, I don't want to go down that road. If I get involved with people who are only interested in making money, I know it won't work.

[Criterion Closet Picks, December 22, 2022] I love physical [media], I love DVDs, I hate Netflix and all of this stuff.