“Ever since middle school or thereabouts, for the longest time, I had wanted to make movies.”
Kojima says that ever since middle school, and for a very long time, he wanted to make movies; he moved into video games when he saw that in Japan nobody was financing cinema.
“These games had their own worlds and stories. I felt a certain authorial quality in them.”
“I saw the future. If it weren't for Miyamoto-san I wouldn't be where I am.”
“only oddball in my class that wanted to make movies or novels”
“I do like movies, but I wasn't trying to use the format of games as a vehicle for movies or anything. Rather, I feel that what the game industry lacks right now is the quality of lighting, acting, and direction that you find in movies.”
“There was a period, before my Father died, where I thought I'd become an artist, but my Father died very suddenly when I was 13. My family was full of artists, you see, and they hadn't been able to make a living off of it.”