Quotes About Film

If a Canadian novel hasn't been a box-office success, say, 'The Republic of Love,' then producers are reluctant to try again.

I cut 'Deer Hunter' myself.

I'd been a Bond girl and in Dracula films and 'Coronation Street,' but I was always hunting for work. After 'The New Avengers,' I never had to wait for work again.

I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it.

My heart's in stage. Making 'Quadrophenia' was exciting because we were riding around on scooters with no crash helmets. But 'hurry up and wait' is the anthem of films. Everybody wants you ready, and then you sit doing nothing.

I like to shoot feature films because it's about capturing emotions... words like guilt, hurt, betrayal.

I do like to work with young directors because it's such a difficult business that I think after directors have been around a while sometimes, not always, but sometimes their passion gets siphoned off because they get hurt.

I'm big on watching film, and sometimes it hurts myself because I over-calculate things, or I overthink sometimes.

We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.

The true excitement comes from the actors - that gives you the true drama - and whatever I can do with the camera, that's icing on the cake.

Guide' is not just my most iconic film. It is also Dev's most celebrated work. But I almost didn't do 'Guide.'

One of the most iconic films ever made was 'Sholay.'

When film director T.K. Rajeevkumar cast me in the role of the iconic Rathi in the new edition of 'Rathinirvedam,' I had no idea it was such a cult film.

I thought about going to NYU film school - that was this ideal to me. But I didn't make any kind of grades in high school.

I don't know that I'll ever get to make my ideal film, because Frank Capra is dead.

In my sort of young, idealistic mind, I was just like, 'Well, it's either theater or film for me, and that will be that!'

Ideally, I'd like to have a movie that people like and makes money.

If you ever ask me what my all-time dream character is, my answer will be Mia Tansen, the great composer-musician in Hindustani classical music. And ideally, the film should be directed by a person like Bhansali who is a great director and has a marvellous sense of classical music.

I am really eager to do a Gujarati film and ideally, I would love to be a part of a light-hearted story.

Film is the medium for communicating not just ideas, but things of the heart.

I feel if the Punjabi cinema is experimenting, I should also at least try and do roles which create a new identity with every film.

Film is carrying a lot of ideology. It's carrying an image. It's forging an image not only of the rest of the world, but also of yourself, you know.

I am very proud to be a part of '3 Idiots,' and happy that the character has worked in a big way.

The super success of '3 Idiots' has taught us that cost of making a film is not important at all; it's all about things going well at the script level.