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 KurosawaThe root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something. 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.
Akira KurosawaI 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 canโt people be happier together?
Akira KurosawaThere is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present for that film to be a moving work. When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film. 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.
Akira Kurosawa