Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
AKIRA KUROSAWATake me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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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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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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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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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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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away.
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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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 root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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During the shooting of a scene the director’s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring concentratedly at the set.
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