By doing this I sense instantly when something isn’t right. Watching something does not mean fixing your gaze on it, but being aware of it in a natural way.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.
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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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present for that film to be a moving work.
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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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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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