I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
AKIRA KUROSAWAPeople 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…
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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 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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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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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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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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I end up writing not from my own will, but from theirs-they come alive as I write and make me do things that I couldn’t have planned.
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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 characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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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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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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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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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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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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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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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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