Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied… That’s why they can keep on working.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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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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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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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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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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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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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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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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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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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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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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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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