I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
AKIRA KUROSAWAWhat nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.
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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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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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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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The truth is in the mystery.
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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’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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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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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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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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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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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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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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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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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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