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" When I watch an actress say a line, I watch how they deliver the lines with gestures. "
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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" The children in 'Nobody Knows' had a resonance with me. The children are projections of myself. "
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" Yes, a family is interesting. You can get a lot of drama in the conflicts there. It's like the sea. It seems calm, but inside there is conflict. "
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" I don't really like something serious depicted in a serious way; that's not my style. "
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" I watch 'Electronic Boy' faithfully every week - not because I like the show but because I'm interested in where the smartest T.V. producers and directors are going, what direction they are headed in. "
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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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" A lot of people, especially Japanese, come to the theater to have a good cry. "
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" When I have been told that my films remind people of Ozu, I have never been too convinced. "
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" I wanted to make 'Nobody Knows,' a kind of summation of the experiences I gained from making my first three films, the good ones as well as the bad ones. "
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" In terms of film festivals, Cannes is the greatest launch pad. "
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" Fast cutting, loud music, blood spewing everywhere, and gunshots permeating the scenes does not necessarily make for a shocking movie. "
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" I grew up without a father. "
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" A film is not a vehicle to accuse, or to relay a specific message. If we reduce a film to this, we lose all hope for cinema to ignite a richer conversation. "
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" I think a lot of Japanese morals are built around what the dead would think of us. "
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" You only get back what you are prepared to put in. "
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" Directing while overcoming differences of language and culture is a stimulating challenge. "
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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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" Japanese society doesn't have a god - no absolute presence. "
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" When making documentaries, the most important thing I learned was to listen, observe gestures and facial expressions. "
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" 'Like Father, Like Son' gave me the opportunity to show when it is not good with a father. "
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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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" Reflecting on the past, where the film industry became united with 'national interest' and 'national policy,' I tend to think that keeping a clear distance from government authority is the right thing to do. "
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" All my mother ever wanted to talk about was what she hated about my father and the times he cheated on her when he was younger. It really irritated me, and I told them they had to sort things out between themselves. Looking back on that, I see that it was really cold of me as a son. "
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" Privacy is not really a concept in Japan. "
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" It is righteous to receive state subsidies to make films that criticise the state - I want Japanese people to accept such European values. "
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" I've been a fan of Yoshida Akimi's manga for a long time; she's one of a few women's manga writers that I always read. "
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