Quotes About Film

As a cinematographer or director, I'm always looking for projects that are able to say a lot with the actor's expressions.

'Khamoshi' gave me the chance to prove that expressions can also say what dialogue could.

When I was in school, and even after, I did a lot of classic plays, and I guess it sort of extended into film.

I love acting, but that's also kind of what I love about ballet - the acting. So, obviously, film is like an extension of that, which is amazing, but it's also something I can do a bit later on as well.

My theatre background is probably more extensive then my film, and I have done a fair bit of television.

As far as the creative side, the more I do this, the more I know that it's all about the writing. We don't always celebrate that enough, but without the writing, you can't do much. You got on a film sometimes, and it's sort of half-written, and they expect and think that the actor's job is to bring the extra part and the good part. It's not.

I've loved to be a part of anything, having an opportunity to entertain, to be a part of a film, or just continue to do what I'm doing, I'm so happy, so just making town after town, doing my thing, but if I have that opportunity to star in a film or be an extra, I don't care; its all a learning experience for me.

Clint Eastwood is an extraordinary director because he knows the value of a buck. He knows where it will show on the screen.

I'm an enormous fan of Ron Howard. I mean, he's the most extraordinary director.

Television is face acting, and film is eye acting.

The scene where I took my eyelashes off we did in two takes.

I think Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, and Ranveer Singh are doing a fabulous job.

There are many young and new directors, who have fabulous concepts and story ideas, and this is why I do their films. And the bottom line is, when I was a newcomer, someone gave me a chance too.

I feel like I'm always trying to make a movie about the Two Faced Man in some way.

There's always so much more that can be conveyed on screen visually in the expressions of people's faces, in their bodies, in their body language. And also with sound design, with music.

It's impossible to capture every single facet of someone's personality in a film.

I always loved doing a movie with Daldry. That's always a huge factor for me.

Success of a film is not only based on the film being good or bad. A lot of other factors are involved as well.

To do a movie about someone who actually lived gives you two responsibilities. You have to try to be accurate to the facts of what he did and what he was like as a character. Then, at the same time, you have a responsibility to make a movie that entertains and can get an audience.

A product can turn bad, not the production. When you start a film, you feel it will be great. But sometimes, as it progresses, it fails somewhere. You can't blame anyone for that. You can blame only your own intelligence!

I still feel that a movie has to attempt to say something - even if it fails miserably. But I've sort of given up on believing that I'm going to change the world with every film I choose to act in.

The public should want to see a movie and it should entertain them. If it fails to do so, it is not good cinema.

Failure of a film doesn't diminish my love for acting.

I think we can fairly conclude that writer-director Joss Whedon didn't make 'The Avengers' for me.