I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?
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.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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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 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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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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People today have forgotten they’re really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better…
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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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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 can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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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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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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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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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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