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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAIf 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.’
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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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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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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 root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away.
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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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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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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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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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