If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
-
-
During the shooting of a scene the director’s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring concentratedly at the set.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
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.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
The great appeal of film is its relatability.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
He is still my favourite author, and he is the one – I still think – who writes most honestly about human existence.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
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 -
A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means never to look away.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
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.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
In a mad world only the mad are sane.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
I’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
AKIRA KUROSAWA






