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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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but ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane.
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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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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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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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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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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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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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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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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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