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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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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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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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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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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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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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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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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