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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
-
-
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.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
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.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
People today have forgotten they’re really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better…
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 -
He is still my favourite author, and he is the one – I still think – who writes most honestly about human existence.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
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.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
The great appeal of film is its relatability.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
AKIRA KUROSAWA -
If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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 -
Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
AKIRA KUROSAWA