Quotes from Priyadarshan

I emphasize the technical aspects in all my films, not just Hindi.

Whatever I have achieved is all thanks to my team. I always say that I don't repeat actors as often as I repeat my technicians.

I am proud of the fact that I am the first South Indian director who has been accepted by Bollywood wholeheartedly.

One cannot survive in Bollywood without focusing on entertainment.

I love cricket. Thankfully, I didn't make a career out of it. Otherwise today I'd have been working in a bank.

I think I am a good actor myself. If I wasn't a director, I would have been an actor.

'Hungama' leaves all problems behind and just lets the audience have a good laugh.

Basically, it was important to break the belief that commercial filmmakers can't make realistic movies. I broke it.

Mohan Lal is my favorite actor, so if I am saying that Salman has performed better, you can believe how much he has done. Salman is better looking, so that's his plus point. Lal is the more realistic actor, but Salman is a better dancer. So there are things you can't compare. Both are good in their own way.

All directors from the South go back home as failures... I didn't want that to happen to me. So, I became a factory, determined to produce successful goods.

Working with Salman Khan was a great experience.

I feel it's easier to scare or thrill people than to make them laugh.

If you are thrilled about a screenplay, execution never becomes a problem, so that's the way I have achieved 75 films.

I've done so many genres of films in my career; I've done 91 films so far. But never a thriller. That's how 'Oppam' happened.

Because of the excellent training in Malayalam cinema, where we have very tight budgets, you are forced to make it work in a small budget and at the same time you have to tell the story effectively.

I make films for money and fame. But I made 'Kanjeevaram' for recognition.

It is true that I got recognition. But however good the comedies are, nobody will accept a good comedy director as a good director. That is the sad part of it. Nobody knows who directed the 'Laurel and Hardy' movies. They know only Laurel and Hardy. Directors will never get a good name if they direct a comedy film.

I was a great fan of Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy; they always inspired me.

'Hera Pheri' is inspired by 'Laurel and Hardy,' Charlie Chaplin. It is about humor of poverty.

I have always been a workaholic.

I have come to make Hindi films to cater to a certain kind of audience, which looks for entertainment. I feel my strength here as a director will fail if I ever try something experimental.

My Hindi remakes are better than my originals except sometimes, the Malayalam actors perform better.

In Hindi film industry, the maximum one can do is try and make a film like 'Badhaai Ho' or 'Andhadhun,' but if I want to make something of the level of 'Kanchivaram' it is impossible. If I will make that kind a film, it will have no traction.

When I made 'Hera Pheri,' there was a huge poverty in Hindi cinema for comedies.