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My films come from my need to say a particular thing at a particular time. The beginning of any film for me is this need to express something.

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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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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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My films come from my need to say a particular thing at a particular time. The beginning of any film for me is this need to express something.
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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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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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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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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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I’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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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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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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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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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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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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I believe that it is this quality that draws people to come and see a film, and that it is the hope of attaining this quality that inspires the filmmaker to make his film in the first place.
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I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?
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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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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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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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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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