I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
AKIRA KUROSAWAIt is to make it nurture and grow that I write my script- it is directing it that makes my tree blossom and bear fruit.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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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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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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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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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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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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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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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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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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