I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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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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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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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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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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When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to germinate, to sprout, and it is this, which I take and work with.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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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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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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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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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