Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
AKIRA KUROSAWATo be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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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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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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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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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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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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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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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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For me, filmmaking combines everything. That’s the reason I’ve made cinema my life’s work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film.
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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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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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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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