If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
AKIRA KUROSAWAHe is still my favourite author, and he is the one – I still think – who writes most honestly about human existence.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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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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 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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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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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 truth is in the mystery.
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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 me, filmmaking combines everything. That’s the reason I’ve made cinema my life’s work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film.
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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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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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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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