The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThat is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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It is to make it nurture and grow that I write my script- it is directing it that makes my tree blossom and bear fruit.
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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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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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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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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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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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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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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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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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