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.
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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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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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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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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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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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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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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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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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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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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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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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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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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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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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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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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I believe this is what the medieval Noh playwright and theorist Zeami meant by ‘watching with a detached gaze.’
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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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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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I had wanted to make The Idiot long before Rashomon. Since I was little I’ve liked Russian literature, but I find that I like Dostoevsky the best and had long thought that this book would make a wonderful film.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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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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