“I don't choose to make low-budget films. But that is the reality of su...” — Takashi Miike Quote

I don't choose to make low-budget films. But that is the reality of surviving in the Japanese film industry. However, the trade off is, since we're working on small budgets, we have freedom. You can't buy this freedom with money. With this freedom, I think there are an infinite number of possibilities.

The hero has to be an archetype; they have to be like a dream; they have to be perfect. The evil is closer to us.

Audiences are an unknown mystery to me, so I can't really predict anything. For me, the best audience is myself, my crew, and the actors.

Manga, as a medium, is very different from cinema. Its creators are free to express themselves with harsh, cruel stories, and they enjoy vast distribution throughout Japan.

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.

A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it.

Creative freedom and self-expression is what MySpace is all about.

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.