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 KUROSAWATo be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means never to look away.
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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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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?
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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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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.
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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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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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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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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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I end up writing not from my own will, but from theirs-they come alive as I write and make me do things that I couldn’t have planned.
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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present for that film to be a moving work.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means never to look away.
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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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