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.
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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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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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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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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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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He is still my favourite author, and he is the one – I still think – who writes most honestly about human existence.
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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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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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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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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 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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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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