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I like unformed characters. Th...

I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.

Akira Kurosawa 42 quotes

Of all my films, people wrote ...

Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one... ...I had wanted to make The Idiot long before Rashomon. Since I was little I've liked Russian literature, but I find that I like Dostoevsky the best and had long thought that this book would make a wonderful film. 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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I have no idea who the charact...

I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do. 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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I am not a special person, I a...

I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted. I simply do not like to show my weakness, and I hate to lose, so I am a person who tries hard. That's all there is to me.

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but ignorance is a kind of ins...

but ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane. 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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I can't afford to hate anyone....

I can't afford to hate anyone. I don't have that kind of time.

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To be an artist means never to...

To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes.

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People today have forgotten th...

People 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... 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 truth is in the mystery....

The truth is in the mystery.

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Movie directors, or should I s...

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. I've been able to work for so long because I think next time, I'll make something good.

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Man is a genius when he is dre...

Man is a genius when he is dreaming.

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I suppose all of my films have...

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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Although human beings are inca...

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. They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.

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Page 61: No matter where I go ...

Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can't speak any foreign language, 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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Man is a genius when he dreams...

Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.

Akira Kurosawa 42 quotes

The role of the artist is to n...

The role of the artist is to not look away.

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To be an artist means to searc...

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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Take me, subtract movies, and ...

Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.

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Human beings are unable to be ...

Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.

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If I were to write anything at...

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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