Prizes do not mean anything to me.
HAYAO MIYAZAKISometimes I test myself saying, ‘If I get a death sentence if I don’t make this movie, would I still make this movie?
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Those are shrines. Some people believe spirits live in them.
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I intend to work until the day I die.
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You must see with eyes unclouded by hate. See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good. Pledge yourself to neither side, but vow instead to preserve the balance that exists between the two.
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Problems begin the moment we’re born. We’re born with infinite possibilities, only to give up on one after another. To choose one thing means to give up another. That’s inevitable. But what can you do? That’s what it is to live.
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We each need to find our own inspiration. Sometimes it is not easy.
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Whoever falls, hatred will breed hatred.
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I’d like more of the world go back to being wild.
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What you mean by ‘peace’ is nothing more than the endless repetition of human folly.
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I create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.
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I get inspiration from my everyday life.
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I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue.
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Young people are surrounded by virtual things. Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.
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The characters are born from repetition.
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First: don’t panic! Second: don’t panic! And third: did I mention not to panic?!
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There cannot be a happy ending to the fight between the raging gods and humans.
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