Quotes About Film

The film was semi-autobiographical. Director Mahesh Bhatt based it on his relationship with actress Parveen Babi.

Film is the only art form where every single patron has an opinion on how it could have been done better.

DDLJ is one of the few films that credits a person (Kirron Kher) for the 'title idea'. The title is part of the lyrics of a song from the film Chor Machaye Shor (1970).

still remains the only film in Oscar history to receive four female acting nominations – two for best actress and two for best supporting actress.

Hrishikesh Mukherjee's cinema brims with wit, charm and an inherent decency.

Never use a clip from a movie you cannot match or surpass.

Whenever I finished filming a movie, I felt my job was only half done. Every film had to be nurtured in the marketplace. You can have the greatest movie in the world, but if you don't get it out there, if people don't know about it, you have nothing.

Just like only qualified people should work in films, only qualified people should review the film.

I don't know what I'm qualified to do, film-wise... So it's really down to a director or a casting director to find something that they think I could do.

Just because you've seen 'My Cousin Vinny' doesn't qualify you to be a federal judge.

My kids love it. I thought I was the coolest dad in the world when I got to be in a Bond film, but 'Harry Potter', too? Well, I think I qualify for a medal for exceptional parenting or something, don't you?

Games, by nature, have more plot options and non-linear qualities than TV and film.

The leadership qualities that you have to have to be a producer on a film is something I learned being a captain on the team.

But, in each case, as a filmmaker who's been given sizable budgets with which to work, I feel a responsibility to the audience to be shooting with the absolute highest quality technology that I can and make the film in a way that I want.

The only difference between working on a huge-budget film and a lesser-budget film, is the quality of lunch and dinner.

I'm very clear about my priorities - quality and credibility is important to me. A film and a character that lives beyond my years is important to me. People's love is important to me.

We need to revive quality music for Pakistani film industry in order to resurrect it.

I have to say, 'Gravity' is better in 3-D, even though in 2-D the quality of the picture is better. But the 3-D is better.

I found that the quality of TV material that came to me was so great and was just often better than the film material I got. And when I find a good movie that I really like, I jump on it because it's exciting to do.

I used to see an ridiculous quantity of films; I think I saw every possible movie.

I really believe quality over quantity and 'Mardaani' was really well-received. It got me critical acclaim and box-office success, both.

Being a quarterback, the way I believe is there's always so much room to improve. Any little detail. I always cut up the film and try to watch what I can improve on, whatever little detail it is.

African Queen' is pretty darn great.

Gong Li is like the queen of movies.