Quotes About Film

My dream was never necessarily comedy. I really wanted to make film or television and was interested in darker stuff over comedy, but I knew I liked dark comedies.

I tried to buy the script of 'Hancock.' I loved it. The script was far darker and edgier than the movie.

I'm a fan of, like, the Coen Brothers, with the darker humor in it.

'Session 9' used light and darkness to create atmosphere.

'Pod' was a significantly larger crew with Ilium Pictures co-producing. 'Darling' was bare bones. We had less than half of the crew that we had for 'Pod.'

When I was making 'Marjaavan,' I was asked why are you making this dated film. But we have to offer films for all audience and not only class audience. As a studio I have to balance it out.

With a play, you do it and it's gone. Films always date. Television drama always dates. Television comedy, for some reason, seems to go on.

David Lynch is a very kind and warm-hearted man. I really think he's brilliant.

I was the kid that grew up watching Bette Davis films.

I always loved the bad girls in the movies. I loved Bette Davis; I loved Katherine Hepburn. I loved Ava Gardner.

Sammy Davis Jr. was a real movie buff who loved nothing better than being around a film studio - whether he was working or not.

Hollywood is my day job.

I remember being on a black-and-white set all day and then going out into daylight and being amazed by the colour.

I really like Robert De Niro.

It's not a happy time when a film drops dead on your doorstep.

I thought 'Dead Man's Shoes' was a masterpiece.

I'm working on a film called 'Bonnie.' Bonnie means water. It's in English, and it's dealing with a future world in a megacity - which is what the U.N. says we're going to be - but in this megacity, a city that runs out of water.

Fritz Lang was one of my dearest, dearest friends. I loved working with him.

There are many books that I love dearly, and I've seen many televised or film recreations that I just haven't thought were up to scratch.

'Sanam Teri Kasam' is definitely my best Bollywood debut.

'Saawariya' was my debut film. It will always be the most special film.

With a production house like Padmalya Films and a co-star like Mahesh Babu, 'Atithi' was just the right film to debut with.

When you don't come from a film background, getting the right debut is important and difficult, as you don't have the sensibility to know what will work and what won't.

I made my film debut in 1973.