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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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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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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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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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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.
AKIRA KUROSAWA

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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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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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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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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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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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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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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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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to germinate, to sprout, and it is this, which I take and work with.
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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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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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