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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAIf you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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 am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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It is to make it nurture and grow that I write my script- it is directing it that makes my tree blossom and bear fruit.
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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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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.
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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 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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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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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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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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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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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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