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?
AKIRA KUROSAWAThere is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people.
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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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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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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 films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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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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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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