Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied… That’s why they can keep on working.
AKIRA KUROSAWABy 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.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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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 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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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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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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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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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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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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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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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They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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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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