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AKIRA KUROSAWAWhile the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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By doing this I sense instantly when something isn’t right. Watching something does not mean fixing your gaze on it, but being aware of it in a natural way.
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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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People today have forgotten they’re really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better…
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I believe you must live honestly and develop your abilities to the full. People who do this are the real heroes.
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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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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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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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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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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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Yet pleasure in the work can’t be achieved unless you know you have put all of your strength into it and have done your best to make it come alive.
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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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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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