To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means never to look away.
AKIRA KUROSAWAWhat nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.
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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 believe you must live honestly and develop your abilities to the full. People who do this are the real heroes.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.
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Yet pleasure in the work can’t be achieved unless you know you have put all of your strength into it and have done your best to make it come alive.
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In order to find reality, each must search for his own universe, look for the details that contribute to this reality7 that one feels under the surface of things.
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They don’t know it, but they’re losing nature. They don’t see that they’re going to perish. The most important things for human beings are clean air and clean water.
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I had wanted to make The Idiot long before Rashomon. Since I was little I’ve liked Russian literature, but I find that I like Dostoevsky the best and had long thought that this book would make a wonderful film.
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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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The truth is in the mystery.
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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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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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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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People today have forgotten they’re really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better…
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but 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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During the shooting of a scene the director’s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring concentratedly at the set.
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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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My films come from my need to say a particular thing at a particular time. The beginning of any film for me is this need to express something.
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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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I’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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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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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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