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.

- Emir Kusturica

My father was an atheist and he always described himself as a Serb. OK, maybe we were Muslim for 250 years, but we were orthodox before that and deep…

- Emir Kusturica

I never wanted an independent Bosnia. I wanted Yugoslavia. That is my country.

- Emir Kusturica

I've reached the 50th year of my life, and now every question related with life also includes thinking about death. When I leave, I want to leave to …

- 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.

- Emir Kusturica

What you have now is a Hollywood that is pure poison. Hollywood was a central place in the history of art in the 20th century: it was human idealism …

- 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.

- Emir Kusturica

I put my ideas into practice. That may be the reason people hate me.

- Emir Kusturica