Hirokazu Kore-eda Quotes
I don't believe in making movies to cater to a foreign audience. You never know what the reaction is going to be anyhow. At the time I made Maborosi, the Japanese movies getting any foreign attention were all period dramas and seemed to be about some representative element of Japanese life, and my movie was contemporary movie about one specific woman trying to understand her husband's suicide.
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I don't think Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell fear competition from me in their arena.
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We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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I am very concerned about nutrition and always try to be careful about what I eat.
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The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.
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Nearly all edible seaweeds - or 'sea vegetables,' as they ought technically to be called - belong to one of three broad groups: green, red and brown algae.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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I'm the youngest of five – three girls and two boys. There was one record player for the seven of us. It was good for me, because I got to hear everyone else's music.
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Essentially what photography is is life lit up.
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I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
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What I love about jazz is that it's full of legends, full of myths. It's an oral history because it started in New Orleans and Kansas City, under the radar.
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I didn't want to be an accountant; I found myself being a banker, which was a bit different. I went to university, and I was going to do a Ph.D. in the States, but I didn't get the funding for it, so I had two years where I had a bit of a wobble and didn't really know what I wanted to do, and I ended up working as a banker.
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High school golf, college golf and the decade that followed all come back to me now as one big raucous, goofy gangsome.
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I believe that God made this wonderful universe and all that exists.
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Sometimes I read a really good script, and I just know that it's not a good fit.
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I played my first match aged six. Neither my opponent nor I knew how to score, so our parents had to help us out from the sidelines.
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The films that I do are deep, introspective, brooding roles that you're in this heavy headspace all the time.
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The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is certainly one of the most revolutionary doctrines that ever stirred and changed human thought.
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My swelling heart for very anger breaks.
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Second only to the sea, the Miami sky has been the greatest comfort in my life past 50. On a good day, when the wind blows from the south, the light here is diffuse and forgiving.
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My first record deal was an independent record deal back in 1995 or early 1996.
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And I'd like to give my love to everybody, and let them know that the grass may look greener on the other side, but believe me, it's just as hard to cut.
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Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.
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I don't believe in making movies to cater to a foreign audience. You never know what the reaction is going to be anyhow. At the time I made Maborosi, the Japanese movies getting any foreign attention were all period dramas and seemed to be about some representative element of Japanese life, and my movie was contemporary movie about one specific woman trying to understand her husband's suicide.
