I believe that it is this quality that draws people to come and see a film, and that it is the hope of attaining this quality that inspires the filmmaker to make his film in the first place.
AKIRA KUROSAWAAlthough 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.
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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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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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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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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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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Movie 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.
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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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I had wanted to make The Idiot long before Rashomon. Since I was little I’ve liked Russian literature, but I find that I like Dostoevsky the best and had long thought that this book would make a wonderful film.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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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