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.
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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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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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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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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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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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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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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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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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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I had wanted to make The Idiot long before Rashomon. Since I was little I’ve liked Russian literature, but I find that I like Dostoevsky the best and had long thought that this book would make a wonderful film.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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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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