Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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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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During the shooting of a scene the director’s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring concentratedly at the set.
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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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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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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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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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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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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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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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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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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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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