Hiro Murai Quotes

I like the idea of reading into people's faces when they're not emoting. Some people are fascinated, some are sympathizing.

People have a natural tendency to read emotions out of faces, so when you see a face that is hyperreal but without the life behind the eyes, it's really off-putting and intriguing.

That exact moment when you're about to realize that this might be a dream is my favorite thing.

Shooting videos with lots of effects is like shooting a bunch of puzzle pieces.

I like the feeling of keeping people off-balance and having the audience not knowing where I'm coming from or keeping that mysterious.

A lot of the music video stuff I've worked on is mostly me pitching ideas, and then if [the artists] have notes or thoughts, I'll integrate them into the idea.

The way I look at stories is often from far outside, like a god's point of view, and also very, very subjective.

At the end of the day, if you don't identify with the main characters, no television show will work.

If artists do have ideas, they're often not great.

Even my nighttime dreams are very, very rooted in reality. They just start to become surreal, little by little.

Obviously the actors are incredible at being the audience surrogates in this crazy universe.

Too many things are possible in a dream. It's most interesting when you don't know which space you're in.