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…
AKIRA KUROSAWAThere is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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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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I’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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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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When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to germinate, to sprout, and it is this, which I take and work with.
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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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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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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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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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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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What 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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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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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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