Quotes from Ram Gopal Varma

The point is that a filmmaker is like a journalist in projecting reality in the true sense of the word. Only thing is he dramatically packages it to make more effect.

Any film, whether it worked at the box office or not, I'll have my favourite moments from it.

When you do anything completely different from a beaten path, many tend to pounce on you.

'Not A Love Story' is inspired by true events, but it is not based on those events completely. When I first read about the Maria Susairaj case, I was fascinated with the psychological aspects, that two seemingly very ordinary people can go completely berserk.

Even the biggest flops have been liked by a few select people.

The people who work with me know how focused I am, and so I would advise people who are not concerned with me to rather focus on themselves instead of focusing on my focus.

I like to see women getting drenched in the rain. So to that extent, I like 'Barsaat.'

Let me put it this way: if 'The Godfather' hadn't been made, 'Sarkaar' wouldn't have been made. That is the truth.

I feel there are only well acted or badly acted roles and no such thing as a good actor or actress.

I don't have the time to think about what someone else thinks of me because I'm busy making films.

Everyone can have a crush on anyone, be it on a real person or a celebrity.

I hate Sridevi. I hate her for making me realise that she, too, is finally only just a human being. I hate that her heart, too, has to beat to live.

Everyone knows about Amitabh Bachchan being a legendary actor, and I had this sense of arrogance that I can make him do what I want. But what he did on locations completely blew me away. I realised that I understand the quality of performances even more after seeing him perform.

I don't believe in gratitude.

I grew up with Western films, and I always wondered why Bollywood never made films like that. Why do we always have to break into song?

Sridevi is the most beautiful and the most sensuous woman God ever created, and I think He creates such exquisite pieces of art like her only once in a thousand years.

Many people don't understand that in filmmaking, if you make a fundamental mistake, everything goes wrong - but you don't realise it till the film is made.

If 'Bhoot' was called 'Man Ke Rishte,' no one would be interested. The title is a very essential part of a film. It subconsciously prepares the audience as to what they can expect.

It is stupid to think the audience is a bunch of fools who can be manipulated by long titles and NRI romances.

A director standing by his film rejected by the audience is like him telling a girl 'I love myself and I don't care if you don't love me'.

People favouring their relatives more than an outsider is what the biggest fight in democracy is, let it be in film industry or politics.

I always had a fair share of hits and flops.

'Bhoot' is a hold-on-to-your-seats horror film, while 'Darna Manaa Hai' is a hold-on-to-your-popcorn horror film.

Language is just a communication tool; it is the content that decides the fate of a film.