508 Quotes About Japan

Opening new stores outside of Japan is important, but training our employees is even more important.

Japan's biggest problems are conservatism and cowardice.

There's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It's so different, so special to Japan.

When I met Akira Kurosawa in Japan, one question he asked me was, "How did you actually make the children act the way they do? I do have children in my films but I find that I reduce and reduce their presence until I have to get rid of them because there's no way that I can direct them." My own thought is that one is very grand, like an emperor on a horse, and it's very hard for a child to relate to that. In order to be able to cooperate with a child, you have to come down to below their level in order to communicate with them.