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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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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away.
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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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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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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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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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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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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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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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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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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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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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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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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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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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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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I’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director can’t possibly make a good film.
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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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