Quotes About Film

But you just don't know where any film is going to go, or how it's going to end up. Films so often don't get the love and attention needed to get to the right festival, or find the right distributor, or get seen by the world.

I have seen many festival films and I will be blunt, I don't think 'Madras Cafe' was ready for festivals.

I never go to film festivals. I am allergic to them.

Film festivals give less of a platform to mainstream films because they already have a market.

It's not a big deal to send a film to the festivals, but yes, winning an award is huge. When you send a film at festivals, people talk about you and your work, and one gets great exposure.

I make documentaries. I attend film festivals. I don't have time to sit at cafes taking selfies.

There are still so few female directors. There are far fewer writers than we'd like to see.

Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction.

Writing fiction is the 'job' I try to keep at the center of things. The movie stuff has been a wonderful accident, though not entirely bizarre, either, as I have done some work in film before, and even directed a ridiculous, cable-access feature back in my 20s.

I love when you get the feeling of some social reality with a fictional film.

In every film, whether it's a fictional character or not, you create an idea of the character and for me I always do a bad impersonation to start with.

It can be a fictional character and yet relatable... It always depends on the content of the film and what you are doing.

I love fiction, you know? I find it fascinating. So when film really does go into fictional places, that's the most exciting for me. And when the fiction is about the person rather than about the place, that's even more exciting.

I'm not sure I have the knowledge, the intelligence or the sensitivity to direct a 'Love Story' or a 'Fiddler on the Roof.'

I thought as an actor I have always tried different fields and I've done emotional films before too.

It was like fighting with the MPAA... to me it was like this is an R easy... but it was NC 17 over and over and even with this cut they were like, you are right on the edge buddy, one more thing and it's NC-17.

I do not consider myself a feminist. I do not believe that by doing female-oriented films that depict a woman fighting the system, we can change the system.

We get along really well, but TV and film aren't reality. We're best friends, but we do have our fights!

I have only an appetite for masochistic truth, and only box-office collection figures interest me.

We were really into what Cliff Martinez did with 'Drive;' we were into what Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross were doing with David Fincher. When I read about how they worked with David Fincher, they're composing hours and hours of music and then he's working and figuring it out.

Shooting for Aamar Pratigya' was a completely delightful experience for the 25 days I shot for the film.

When I'm making a film, I'm the audience.

When a film is good, the lines between single-screen and multiplex blur.

I've always been real close to film world. I love film, and I will do things in film, but music is more satisfying. It feels more like me.