I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
AKIRA KUROSAWAMovie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied… That’s why they can keep on working.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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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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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 great appeal of film is its relatability.
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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 like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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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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but ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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I like silent pictures and I always have … I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way.
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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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