The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI like silent pictures and I always have … I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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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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I’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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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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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 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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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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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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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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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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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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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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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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