There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
AKIRA KUROSAWAIn 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.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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Yet pleasure in the work can’t be achieved unless you know you have put all of your strength into it and have done your best to make it come alive.
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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 am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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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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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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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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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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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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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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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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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.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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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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