Quotes About Film

Since childhood, I'd dreamed of making a film, but producers in France and Germany wanted to make commercial films with chinoiserie. I refused.

I think so much of the horror film is about our primal instincts, and our primal instincts are not just towards violence. It's also towards sex. I feel like horror movies, as much as they're about violence, they're also about sex. It's about our instincts, so in that regard, it's crucial that you honor both of those things.

I grew up with a deep regard for cinema.

'Sairat' is a film I absolutely loved. I have great regard for the movie and its film-maker. The movie blew my mind.

Out in Hollywood I'm getting to be regarded as the 'redneck adviser.'

I think I would like to work with Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta and Sushmita Sen. Imagine how strong would that be if a film is made regarding women's empowerment starring them.

Every movie I do, regardless of how they fare at the box office, excites me.

Approach every film with the same enthusiasm, regardless of its budget.

Regardless of what kind of film, the number one rule of comedy is to never take yourself too seriously and then the next rule is you can't have any self-consciousness, otherwise it kills the laugh, and that will never change.

Nobody engages in a film, regardless of what your job is in it, to make a bad one.

I've never felt that my job was difficult because I'm a woman. It's a difficult job regardless, and it's even more difficult in Lebanon because there's no film industry. There's no structure, funding, or institutions for filmmakers.

Regardless of what film you make, you want people to watch your film, and you ultimately need commercial success.

Acting is acting, regardless of the medium.

Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay.

The French have got to understand that a film is so expensive that it can no longer afford to be regional or even national in scope.

Tribeca Film Festival Doha will be both an industry festival and an audience festival, not just an event for insiders. Community outreach will be a major part of what we're doing. We'll put filmmakers in touch with local, regional, and international audiences.

I grew up doing regional Shakespeare, and when Hamlet sees the ghost of his father, there's something about that that you don't really do in film anymore.

'Baahubali' was really the film that broke most barriers of what regional cinema can do nationally.

There is certainly an economic disparity between Bollywood and the regional film industry.

I enjoy watching regional cinema; they have always been my favorite.

For the regional film industry, it's a great feeling that a Dev film is being seen as a competition to a Salman movie.

I have acted in nine regional languages and now I am ready to do a Bangla film.

I guess there are certain conventions that come with film and with scoring film. So maybe one of those is menace in a lower register. It's trying to evoke some sense of chaos and adventure.

It's the failure of my debut film which made me an actor, which made me want to succeed in the industry. But that doesn't mean I regret whatever choices I've made over the years. No, not even 'Kaiyethum Doorathu!'