Top 21 Quotes by Emir Kusturica

About Emir Kusturica

These are some quotes by Serbian author Emir Kusturica Director, who was born on November 24, 1954.

That is a Medieval way of drawing history, in which they do not respect the law and want the rest of the world to respect the law. That's not possible.

That is a Medieval way of drawing history, in which they do not respect the law and want the rest of the world to respect the law. That's not possible.

Emir Kusturica

Making movies is a dangerous job. Because you are always the one who stands at the center of the universe when making movies.

Making movies is a dangerous job. Because you are always the one who stands at the center of the universe when making movies.

Emir Kusturica

I am finished with cities. I spent four years in New York, ten in Paris, and I was in Belgrade for a while. To me now they are just airports.

I am finished with cities. I spent four years in New York, ten in Paris, and I was in Belgrade for a while. To me now they are just airports.

Emir Kusturica

I've been around some very famous people, but no one has the effect Maradona has; people tremble in his presence.

I've been around some very famous people, but no one has the effect Maradona has; people tremble in his presence.

Emir Kusturica

Every movie that I do, if you analyze the stories, you can notice that in each story, that within the movie after the first 15 minutes, it could fall apart. Or every 10 minutes it has the chance that you lose the thread. On the other hand, if you succeed in putting them together, then the movie looks spontaneous and more like cinema.

Emir Kusturica

Every time I'm shooting a movie I want to kill myself. Because I don't see the light in the end of the tunnel.

Every time I'm shooting a movie I want to kill myself. Because I don't see the light in the end of the tunnel.

Emir Kusturica

I will not cut my film because, because, because, because of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

I will not cut my film because, because, because, because of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Emir Kusturica

I am a living illustration of Bosnian mixing and converting. My grandparents lived in eastern Herzegovina. Very poor. The Turks came and brought Islam. There were three brothers in the family. One was Orthodox Christian. The other two took Islam to survive.

Emir Kusturica

The advantage of the gypsy language, even though I don't understand it that much, the language is perfect melody. So if you propose the movie the way I do, then the language is just one part of the melody. Orchestrating all inside, and the language is following the meaning of what they say, and it's never the same as written.

Emir Kusturica

I'm fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will choose the citizens.

I'm fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will choose the citizens.

Emir Kusturica

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