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" The vividness of children is easier to see when they're completely left to their own devices. "

Hirokazu Kore-eda

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" The Japanese don't have a specific religion, but a spirituality. A cap, shoes, and a table have a spirituality. When you eat an apple, you don't say you eat it: you say, 'I am receiving it.' Kind of like you are thanking the food. "

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" When I choose child actors, I chose them for their personalities. And then I work with their own vocabulary, so I'm not imposing text or dialogue on them: I'm just receiving. "

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" A lot of people, especially Japanese, come to the theater to have a good cry. "

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" I particularly relate to the films of Mikio Naruse and Shinichi Kamoshita, a person whose work I watched very much as a child, a director of family dramas for television. "

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" When I was 27, I won an honorable mention in a scriptwriting contest and got a television job as an assistant director. "

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" I have never made a film to praise or to criticize something. That kind of filmmaking is nothing but propaganda. "

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" We learn many things from children, always. "

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" There was a time when I thought Kim Novak was the sexiest woman in the world. "

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" My mother used to work in a bank in Tokyo. It was a busy district, and after work, she used to go and watch films. "

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" In terms of film festivals, Cannes is the greatest launch pad. "

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" As the Japanese family gets more and more atomized, grandparents don't live with the nuclear family, so parents of children can't consult with their own parents about how to raise their children and rely on that to help raise them. "

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" I have been told that... time doesn't flow in a straight line in my films. It goes round in a circle. Sometimes people comment that the films remind them of Ozu. Maybe that's right. But in Japan, nobody comments on how time passes in my films. So perhaps that is a different way of thinking. "

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" As a son and as a father, there are still various things that I haven't done as well as I should have - that's my dilemma and regret. "

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" There's a difference between people being free and the atmosphere of 'freedom.' "

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" It's definitely good to have a hit from time to time, though not too often. If you have a few hits in a row, people start to think every film you make will be a hit, which is a big mistake. "

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" I am hopeful that films can connect people who are in conflict in a separated world. "

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