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With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director can’t possibly make a good film.

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It’s easy to explain the psychological state of a character at a particular moment, but it’s very difficult to describe it through the delicate nuances of action and dialogue. Yet it is not impossible.
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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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They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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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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I don’t feel out of place. I think of earth as my home. If everyone thought this way, people might notice just how foolish international friction is and the would be put an end to it.
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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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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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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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He is still my favourite author, and he is the one – I still think – who writes most honestly about human existence.
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If I were to write anything at all, it would turn out to be nothing but talk about movies. In other words, take ‘myself,’ subtract ‘movies,’ and the result is ‘zero.’
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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present for that film to be a moving work.
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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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