If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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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I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?
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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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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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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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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 like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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They don’t know it, but they’re losing nature. They don’t see that they’re going to perish. The most important things for human beings are clean air and clean water.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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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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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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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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.
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