While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
AKIRA KUROSAWAHuman beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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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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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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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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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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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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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They don’t know it, but they’re losing nature. They don’t see that they’re going to perish. The most important things for human beings are clean air and clean water.
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He is still my favourite author, and he is the one – I still think – who writes most honestly about human existence.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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The truth is in the mystery.
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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.
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