I’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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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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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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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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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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Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.
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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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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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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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