I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
AKIRA KUROSAWAIt is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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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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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 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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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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I end up writing not from my own will, but from theirs-they come alive as I write and make me do things that I couldn’t have planned.
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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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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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I like silent pictures and I always have … I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way.
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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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My films come from my need to say a particular thing at a particular time. The beginning of any film for me is this need to express something.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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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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