Quotes from Ram Gopal Varma

Ultimately, cinema is an actor's medium.

I sometimes think many reviewers write the reviews of my films even before they see them.

I don't think I take risks. People think I do, but I don't. In fact, I think conventional-formula filmmakers take more risks than me.

It is none of anyone's business how I make my films or my creative partnerships.

A film sells feelings.

My driver shops for me; he selects my clothes. That is why my driver and I wear the same clothes.

I hate it that there are so many beautiful women in the world, and I can't have all of them for myself.

When I have a new idea, I'm charged up and want to start the film immediately, but I simply don't have the patience to wait for stars.

'Satya' and 'Company' are two very dark and brooding relationship films; there was no hero.

Modern warfare has become too techno-ish for my sensibilities.

I feel that Sarkar is a realistic superman in his life.

The problem is I don't have respect for the films I make after I've made them. I detach myself and get embarrassed when I watch them later.

I like people who have clarity about their work.

A film, I feel, is a state of mind. A film eventually comes from an idea: based on an idea, you make a decision, and once you make the decision, you keep comparing everything to that, but don't question the decision itself.

'Rakta Charitra' was more about human conflict than politics.

All my movies are copies of Hollywood, some of them pretty trashy copies. All filmmakers copy from Hollywood.

As a director and a creative person, I can say banning anything is wrong.

The reason I make more films is that I work all the time without taking a break, and I enjoy it.

Following the West is not surrendering. Following the West, the best of the West, is following originality.

My journey to Sridevi started when I was preparing for my debut film 'Shiva.' I used to walk from Nagarjuna's office in Chennai to a neighbouring street where Sridevi used to live, and I used to just stand and watch Sridevi's house from outside her gate.

To see Sridevi making tea in Boney Kapoor's kitchen was a huge letdown. I won't forgive him because he brought the angel down from heaven to the kitchen of his apartment.

I have become a full-fledged producer. I spend a lot of time on pre-production work.

In Telugu, I have 'Bejawada Rowdilu,' a movie on the gang war culture in Vijayawada.

Some of my scripts need the larger catchment area of Bollywood. But some suit Telugu films.