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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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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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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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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 like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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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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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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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The truth is in the mystery.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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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He is still my favourite author, and he is the one – I still think – who writes most honestly about human existence.
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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