There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
AKIRA KUROSAWAIf 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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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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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 never to avert one’s eyes.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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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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The truth is in the mystery.
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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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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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It’s easy to explain the psychological state of a character at a particular moment, but it’s very difficult to describe it through the delicate nuances of action and dialogue. Yet it is not impossible.
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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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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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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