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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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I like silent pictures and I always have … I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way.
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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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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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The truth is in the mystery.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this 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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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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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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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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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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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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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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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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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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