There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI 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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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 believe you must live honestly and develop your abilities to the full. People who do this are the real heroes.
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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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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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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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I don’t feel out of place. I think of earth as my home. If everyone thought this way, people might notice just how foolish international friction is and the would be put an end to it.
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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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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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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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Yet pleasure in the work can’t be achieved unless you know you have put all of your strength into it and have done your best to make it come alive.
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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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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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By doing this I sense instantly when something isn’t right. Watching something does not mean fixing your gaze on it, but being aware of it in a natural way.
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