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.’
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe truth is in the mystery.
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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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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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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I believe this is what the medieval Noh playwright and theorist Zeami meant by ‘watching with a detached gaze.’
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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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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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The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.
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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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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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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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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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