“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.” WantWritingIdeasEndsCharacterMightMy OwnAlivePersonalityNo Idea Book:Akira Kurosawa: Interviews Source: Akira Kurosawa: Interviews
“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.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWayFeelsI CanEndsMatterHomeMightWould BeEarthSpeakLanguagePagesInternationalFoolishFrictionForeign Language Author:Akira Kurosawa
“There 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.” PeopleFirstsBelieveWellsMightFilmMovingI BelieveEmotionQualityInspireDrawsFilmmakerCinematicDeep Emotions Author:Akira Kurosawa
