Quotes from Anupama Chopra

I made this film for the Brazilian middle class. It was an opportunity for me to find out more about my country. We abandoned this part of society and now we are reaping the consequences. – Director Fernando Meirelles

I will make him an offer that he can't refuse", "It's not personal Sonny, it's strictly business", "Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.

Cyrano de Bergerac is a lesson in living life large.

You see the whole country of the system is juxtapositioned by the haemoglobin in the atmosphere.

The film was based on a short story written by a customs officer, and was based on his experiences.

Mozart was taking 'dictation from God'.

When audiences rejected Ace in the Hole, Wilder said: "F*** them all. It's the best picture I ever made.

I didn't think I was right for it. I have to operate entirely on instinct.

Giving it those ones' is Delhi School of Architecture slang for 'faking it big time'.

The Kazakh authorities banned the film and threatened to sue the comedian after its release in 2006. But later Kazakhstan's foreign minister said he is 'grateful' to Borat for 'helping attract tourists' to the country.

poker hand which includes a king, queen and jack, all three face cards that appear to be 'looking at you'.

films have the power to move you to a place where you can't come back from,

The film was semi-autobiographical. Director Mahesh Bhatt based it on his relationship with actress Parveen Babi.

I would rather be a ghost drifting by your side as a condemned soul than enter heaven without you.

A director's dream? No, Bollywood reality in 1995.Business is booming, but cliché's are passée. A different sort of breeze-fresh, young-is unsettling fatigued conventions.

For the first time I saw that political resistance can be very sexy. – Director Fatih Akin at the Cannes International Film Festival, 2007

I'd promised myself I'd never sing, dance or appear in my underwear in a movie, and I do all those things in the first 30 minutes of Boogie Nights. – Mark Wahlberg

Film is the only art form where every single patron has an opinion on how it could have been done better.

One asks him what his ambition is. He replies, "To become immortal and then to die.

when a minister is asked why the government has been unable to stop terrorists for 13 years, the minister replies: 'beginner's luck'.

DDLJ is one of the few films that credits a person (Kirron Kher) for the 'title idea'. The title is part of the lyrics of a song from the film Chor Machaye Shor (1970).

still remains the only film in Oscar history to receive four female acting nominations – two for best actress and two for best supporting actress.

movies are the most bastardized form of art?

Manmohan Desai's cinema wasn't about logic. It was about exuberance, vitality and above all, entertainment.