If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
AKIRA KUROSAWAMan is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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He is still my favourite author, and he is the one – I still think – who writes most honestly about human existence.
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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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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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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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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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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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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means never to look away.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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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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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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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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I believe that it is this quality that draws people to come and see a film, and that it is the hope of attaining this quality that inspires the filmmaker to make his film in the first place.
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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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