“Sometimes when you watch children, you feel that they show emotions th...” — Hirokazu Kore-eda Quote

“Sometimes when you watch children, you feel that they show emotions that you, as an adult, can relate to.”

“My mother was really against it when I said I wanted to make films. She said that I should be a civil servant because that was safe, and it had security. But my mother was always very proud of my movies and would give videocassettes of them to all the neighbours.”

“There was a time when I thought Kim Novak was the sexiest woman in the world.”

“I started singing when I was younger in church, took some time off, then came back and sang as an adult on my church praise team.”

“I came when I was in high school as part of a student exchange program with the Jewish Community Center in New Jersey, to Ramat Eliyahu. You come and volunteer for five weeks at a day camp. I was a teenager - I couldn't really appreciate it as much, and now I come back as an adult and I can really get the flavor of the city, and I love it.”

“Every teenager feels like a freak. It's part of being a teenager, part of the individuation from child to adult - those teenage years are who am I? What am I? Where am I going?”