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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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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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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 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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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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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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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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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In order to find reality, each must search for his own universe, look for the details that contribute to this reality7 that one feels under the surface of things.
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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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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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If I were to write anything at all, it would turn out to be nothing but talk about movies. In other words, take ‘myself,’ subtract ‘movies,’ and the result is ‘zero.’
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present for that film to be a moving work.
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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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