Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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 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 root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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I believe that it is this quality that draws people to come and see a film, and that it is the hope of attaining this quality that inspires the filmmaker to make his film in the first place.
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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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With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director can’t possibly make a good film.
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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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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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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He is still my favourite author, and he is the one – I still think – who writes most honestly about human existence.
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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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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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The truth is in the mystery.
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They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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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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