The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
AKIRA KUROSAWAbut ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane.
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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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By doing this I sense instantly when something isn’t right. Watching something does not mean fixing your gaze on it, but being aware of it in a natural way.
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The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.
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I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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I simply do not like to show my weakness, and I hate to lose, so I am a person who tries hard. That’s all there is to me.
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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I end up writing not from my own will, but from theirs-they come alive as I write and make me do things that I couldn’t have planned.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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It is to make it nurture and grow that I write my script- it is directing it that makes my tree blossom and bear fruit.
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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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