The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe great appeal of film is its relatability.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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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 have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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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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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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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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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 film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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During the shooting of a scene the director’s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring concentratedly at the set.
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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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I believe that it is this quality that draws people to come and see a film, and that it is the hope of attaining this quality that inspires the filmmaker to make his film in the first place.
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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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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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