Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
AKIRA KUROSAWAOf all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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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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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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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.
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It is to make it nurture and grow that I write my script- it is directing it that makes my tree blossom and bear fruit.
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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means never to look away.
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I don’t feel out of place. I think of earth as my home. If everyone thought this way, people might notice just how foolish international friction is and the would be put an end to it.
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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…
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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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Although 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.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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In order to find reality, each must search for his own universe, look for the details that contribute to this reality7 that one feels under the surface of things.
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