Just because I believe in the identity and integrity of my country doesn't make a xenophobe or a nationalist.
Emir KusturicaMaking movies is a dangerous job. Because you are always the one who stands at the center of the universe when making movies.
Emir KusturicaThe 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 KusturicaYou know, in each segment of ex-Yugoslavia, multi-ethnic life is lost, except I think we somehow still have this in Serbia.
Emir KusturicaThe advantage of the gypsy language, even though I don't understand it that much, the language is perfect melody. So if you propose the movie the way I do, then the language is just one part of the melody. Orchestrating all inside, and the language is following the meaning of what they say, and it's never the same as written.
Emir Kusturica