If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
AKIRA KUROSAWASomething that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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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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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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.
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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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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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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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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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Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people.
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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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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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I don’t feel out of place. I think of earth as my home. If everyone thought this way, people might notice just how foolish international friction is and the would be put an end to it.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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