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…

- Takeshi Kitano

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.

- Takeshi Kitano

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

- Takeshi Kitano

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

- Takeshi Kitano

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 go…

- Takeshi Kitano

Cinema is a composite art into which you can include all conceivable art or entertainment forms. In film, I can work with novelistic elements, comedy…

- Takeshi Kitano

The thing about art for me is that you can go on theorising your work forever, because it's open to interpretation.

- Takeshi Kitano

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.

- Takeshi Kitano

I think my way of showing violence is unique from that of other filmmakers, in that when I show it, it hurts. It happens unexpectedly and looks painf…

- Takeshi Kitano