Began Quote by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Kurosawa was one of film's true greats. His ability to transform a vision into a powerful work of art is unparalleled.

— George Lucas

Even if I were to try to imitate Kurosawa I know that it's absolutely impossible. That era of film was just something else, including…

— Takashi Miike

Kurosawa was one of film's true greats... His ability to transform a vision into a powerful work of art is unparalleled. So it seemed…

— George Lucas

Most directors have one masterpiece by which they are known. Kurosawa has at least eight or nine.

— Francis Ford Coppola

I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film.

— Ted Demme

For many years, my favorite director has been the Japanese giant Akira Kurosawa.

— Henry Rollins

Kurosawa is my hero, and I've taught courses on his films, and I love what he does, and 'Rashomon' is, I think, his second…

— Scott Derrickson

“For the casual viewer, Kurosawa’s films can be an exercise in endurance.”

— Jerry White

I admire Akira Kurosawa. I have a deep admiration for him and I would love to make films like that.

— Takashi Miike

You know the movie "Rashomon" from [Takeshi] Kurosawa, when all the people in the forest see something different? Each performance was like that.

— Marina Abramovic

I have done performance-based roles earlier, films which revolved around me. 'Kshatriya' was one such solid role. And, at that time, people had written…

— Raveena Tandon

Kubrick was one of those directors who actually did practically everything in his movies. He actually directed, photographed, wrote, lit, edited - everything. A…

— Vilmos Zsigmond