If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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 believe this is what the medieval Noh playwright and theorist Zeami meant by ‘watching with a detached gaze.’
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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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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 Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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I’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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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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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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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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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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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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