I put my ideas into practice. That may be the reason people hate me. Emir Kusturica hateideapeople Change image and share on social
I never wanted an independent Bosnia. I wanted Yugoslavia. That is my country. Emir Kusturica bosniacountryindependent Change image and share on social
You know, in each segment of ex-Yugoslavia, multi-ethnic life is lost, except I think we somehow still have this in Serbia. Emir Kusturica ethniclifelose Change image and share on social
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 bosnianbringbrother share on social
My purpose is to make a movie to make you warm. To give you some heat. Now, this rational world has become a place where only what is cool is good. Do you cut the movie on the basis of the beat of modernity or the basis of the beat of your own heart? Emir Kusturica basisbeatcool share on social
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 airportbelgradecity Change image and share on social
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 buildchoosecitizen Change image and share on social
The most difficult part of making movies is to keep making them. Maybe, you could make the biggest hit in the world, but then the big problem is what to do next and how to maintain devoted to a certain instinct that I have about films. Emir Kusturica bigdevotedifficult share on social
Just because I believe in the identity and integrity of my country doesn't make a xenophobe or a nationalist. Emir Kusturica countryidentityintegrity Change image and share on social
Yugoslavia was a kind of superpower. Great movies. Beautiful novels. Great rock-and-roll. We became a superpower in basketball. The problem is that people needed to identify more strongly with it after Tito and his awful, tricky way of leading the country. Emir Kusturica awfulbasketballbeautiful share on social
