There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
AKIRA KUROSAWAIf you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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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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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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The truth is in the mystery.
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It is to make it nurture and grow that I write my script- it is directing it that makes my tree blossom and bear fruit.
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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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 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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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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I believe you must live honestly and develop your abilities to the full. People who do this are the real heroes.
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For me, filmmaking combines everything. That’s the reason I’ve made cinema my life’s work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film.
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