Quotes About Film

As I've gotten less righteous, less pedagogic, I have become more loving of the artificiality, the art form, the imitation of life in film.

For film fans to support 'The Imitation Game' means so much to me, the entire cast and film-making team.

'The Imitation Game' is a very British film.

For me, a director is a director immaterial of the gender. At the end of the day, the audience is only interested in watching a good film.

It's very different working on stage to film; the immediacy is there on stage.

Music is definitely cheaper and more immediate. But part of the draw of film to me is the multidisciplinary aspect. I always enjoyed film writing.

My first Hindi film as a leading man was Mahesh Bhatt's 'Saaransh,' which immediately established me as someone who knows the craft.

The Malayalam audience knows me as an art film actress, and I am fine with that because I know that such films come from the heart. It's difficult to do them, but the satisfaction you get is immense.

Films like 'Namo Venkateshaya' give immense satisfaction, happiness, and makes us feel blessed, and so I consider it the best film in my career.

Books provide context and allow you to think about things over time. Film is like writing haiku; there is an immense amount of pleasure in paring down and paring down. But it isn't the same.

The way I work is I like to immerse myself in the world of the film and in the character's lives, and then from that, I get a lot of ideas of how the film could be made, how it could be told.

The people who had the most impact on me when I was young were Freud and Darwin, but growing up I also had my film idols.

I get impatient with people working on a film that have their head in their hands like it's the most complicated thing in the world.

I am a very impatient director.

Faulkner wrote for film, and his ear is just impeccable.

I was about 26 or 27 and it was imperative that I make a living right away and it's hard to make a living on stage, so I started in television and film.

I feel like I came to acting late in a way. I was about 26 or 27, and it was imperative that I make a living right away, and it's hard to make a living on stage, so I started in television and film.

The way we structure our deals is to work closely with the director. It is imperative to work with a studio because the way the film is marketed is crucial.

I like any film where the female characters are complex and have a functioning imperfection.

What I like about film is it explores imperfections.

Personally, I think that the story is all-important; everything else comes later. But if there's any other way to ensure the betterment of the film, I always implement it.

In any film there's always a historical implication.

The problem is, if you make a film that has certain implications in the story, and then you don't follow through, it's a cop out really, isn't it?

Sometimes you like the personal adventure implicit in the making of a film, and sometimes you like your part in a film, and sometimes you like the final result.