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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI believe you must live honestly and develop your abilities to the full. People who do this are the real heroes.
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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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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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The truth is in the mystery.
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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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Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.
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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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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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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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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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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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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If I were to write anything at all, it would turn out to be nothing but talk about movies. In other words, take ‘myself,’ subtract ‘movies,’ and the result is ‘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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