The truth is in the mystery.
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.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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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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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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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 like silent pictures and I always have … I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way.
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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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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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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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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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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 role of the artist is to not look away.
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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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People today have forgotten they’re really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better…
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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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