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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThey 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.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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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.’
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What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.
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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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In order to find reality, each must search for his own universe, look for the details that contribute to this reality7 that one feels under the surface of things.
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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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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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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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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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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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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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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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