I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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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 like silent pictures and I always have … I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way.
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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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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away.
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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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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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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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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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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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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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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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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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 great appeal of film is its relatability.
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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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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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