When I start creating a villain, I start liking the villain and so the villain is not really evil.
HAYAO MIYAZAKISometimes I test myself saying, ‘If I get a death sentence if I don’t make this movie, would I still make this movie?
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I want to portray a slightly different relationship, one where the two mutually inspire each other to live.
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The future is clear. It’s going to fall apart. What’s the use in worrying? It’s inevitable.
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We each need to find our own inspiration. Sometimes it is not easy.
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I wanted to convey the message to children that this life is worth living.
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People in Japan have experienced many tsunamis and various earthquakes throughout the ages.
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We live in an age when it is cheaper to buy the rights to movies than to make them.
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The villains are all parts of me.
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I’d like more of the world go back to being wild.
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Since I am a person who starts work without clear knowledge of a storyline, every single scene is a pivotal scene.
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There has never been a work of art created which didn’t somehow reflect its own time.
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Modern life is so thin and shallow and fake. I look forward to when developers go bankrupt, Japan gets poorer and wild grasses take over.
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You always have to appeal to your audience.
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I’m not going to make movies that tell children, “You should despair and run away”.
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I get inspiration from my everyday life.
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Producing an animation series merely to fill time slots in the broadcast schedule is like generating cultural pollution.
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