If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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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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There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present for that film to be a moving work.
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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner 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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Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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The truth is in the mystery.
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Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied… That’s why they can keep on working.
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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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