Quotes About Film

I don't differentiate a film as off-beat or commercial, because I just don't understand the difference. 'Naanum Rowdy Thaan,' for example, wasn't written for me. It came to me by chance after two or three other heroes turned it down. I agreed to do the role, as I liked the script immensely.

But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece.

I like 'Girlhood' because it has this universal feeling, and that's also the project of the film, to bring very contemporaneous characters into the big fiction, and the classical idea of a heroine's emancipation.

I don't start a film with the heroine but with the cinema subject. If there is a woman in the story, she has to be of a particular type. It's not as if I start with Madhuri Dixit and then think what kind of film.

The only aspect I'd probably change in some of my films is the death of the heroine. I wish I'd kept some of them alive.

I made my debut as a heroine and played a gorgeous role in 'Kushi.'

I was just 15 years old when I did my first film, 'Faulad,' in 1963, opposite Dara Singh. Although I had worked earlier as a child actress, this was my first break as a lead heroine.

No leading lady in Bollywood has much to do in a film and I am no Kareena Kapoor who will have filmmakers write a 'Heroine' for me.

I want to do films where the heroines get to perform.

An established film director can just pick up the phone and say to a star, 'Hey, are you interested in doing a commercial?'

The director will be like, 'Hey, great take. Do you want to see the playback?' And I'm like, 'Definitely not.'

I can't take 'The Room' and show it to an agent and say, 'Hey man, cast me in something.' It's an alien film.

I wouldn't want a film to be made on my life, because I suppose I would only want them to show all the good things about me and hide the awful things, and that wouldn't be a very honest biopic, no?

The director does not have anyone to blame but himself. He or she cannot hide behind anybody. If a film is a hit, everyone gets the credit, but if it flops, only the director can be blamed.

I don't think that theater is the higher medium, that it's better than film.

Film is the most expensive, highest risk industry in the world.

When you cut your life into a film - 90-some minutes of film - you end up taking snapshots and vignettes of the highlights of it - marriage, divorce, death, success, fame, loss. The up and the down and the up again.

I love film and have taken a stab at a screenplay. I love writing dialogue and found it highly enjoyable.

I admire David Lynch so much, and I think he made some bad decisions with Lost Highway.

I thought 'Pineapple Express' was hilarious.

I'd love to do a project that falls between drama and comedy - a dramedy with hilarious moments.

Ashok Mehta was the man who brought contrast and lighting back to mainstream Hindi film cinematography.

I would love to work on a Hindi film if I get the right opportunity.

Instead of saying 'unique,' I will say 'Kattappava Kaanom' is a very special and lucky film for me because I got the chance to step into Hindi film industry when I was in the shoot of this movie.