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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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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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Common Film People Suppose Theme Think Together
They don’t know it, but they’re losing nature. They don’t see that they’re going to perish. The most important things for human beings are clean air and clean water.
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Clean Going Human Important Lose Most Nature Parish Water
I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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Anything Character Go Idea might Over Personality Want Writing
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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The truth is in the mystery.
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Humility Mystery Truth
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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Air Better Depend Destroy Forgotten Nature Part People Something Thinking
Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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Although Foreign Home Language Matter People Speak Thinking World
When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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Deep Emotion Experience Express Film Particular Very Watch Well
That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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Make Movie Power Real Script Something
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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Artist Contribute Detail Each Mean Must Order Own Reality Search Universe
I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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Especially Gift Hate Special Strong
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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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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Being Honest Human Themselves Unable
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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Hate Lose Person Show Simpy Try Weakness
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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Bear Direct Flower Fruit Grow Make Nurture Root Script Tree
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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Artist Away Find Look Mean never Reality Search
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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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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I don’t feel out of place. I think of earth as my home. If everyone thought this way, people might notice just how foolish international friction is and the would be put an end to it.
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Earth End Feel Foolish Friction Home International Notice Out Place
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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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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Give Imagination Memory Power Rise
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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Although Being Honesty Incapable People Pretend Talking Themselves Total Truth
Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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Being Common Depict Film Directing Human Problem Properly Understood
I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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Character Matter May Myself Old Still Unformed
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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Bland Expression Innocent Madmen People Private Public Terrible Thing Totally Wear
One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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Film Modern One Simplification Simply Technique Therefore
Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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Movie Substact Take Zero

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