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 KUROSAWAPeople 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…
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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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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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?
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I end up writing not from my own will, but from theirs-they come alive as I write and make me do things that I couldn’t have planned.
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I simply do not like to show my weakness, and I hate to lose, so I am a person who tries hard. That’s all there is to me.
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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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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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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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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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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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