Quotes About Film

I don't envy the job of people who have to watch five movies a day - that's insane.

I think in 'Rocky IV' there are three montages with three five-minute songs, which is insane. You can't do that today.

I always feel scared and insecure on a film set. I don't know any other way.

I don't know how any film can bother you. It doesn't have to do with multi-starrer films. If you are insecure, you can feel insecure being the only girl also.

Kaaka Muttai' is the expression of an insider. It is a film about globalisation and its effects.

As soon as I saw 'Chinglish' on Broadway, I began to envision this smart and insightful cross-cultural comedy as a film.

You can be moved by an animated film and not by a live action film. There could be great inspiration in and humanity in that animated story.

I have been lucky enough to work with people who inspire me, who I admire and respect, and who have made films - before working with me - that I continually return to over the years because they are so good.

I think film is the best medium to inspire people. It's a combination of image, dialogue, and music, which can make for a powerful message or a simple escape.

There's always the influence of music, film, art and the other things that drive me. I'm usually inspired by my environment and whatever is making me happy or mad.

I make a movie because it's something that inspires me.

To make a film with Rajinikanth will be a dream come true for any director, and I'm not an exception. But I always believe that it's the story that should drive you. If I come up with something like that, and if the story inspires me, I would be happy to work with him.

A shot of Shyam Benegal inspires me a lot. I wonder why a film of David Dhawan cannot have a shot like that.

Be it 'Mary Kom,' 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag,' or 'Dangal,' each one was inspiring in its own way. But my favourite is 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.'

I very much love Los Angeles, and I love working here. I find it very inspiring and very creative, and some of the best crews are in Los Angeles.

It might be the most inspiring film in the world, but if I do not like it I will not do it. I have to believe in the film to take it up.

Every different director has another language - for instance, Hitchcock does not like any bright color ever, unless the story says 'there goes the girl in a red dress.'

I look at my role and how important it is for the film. For instance, my role in 'Sarrainodu' was very much appreciated.

The Malayalam industry is down to earth and instantly recognizes talent.

I'd like to think at some point instead of it being a woman's film or a man's film, it is just a great story, and both sexes can go and get the same enjoyment out of it.

I grew up on a farm and didn't have connections, and I had a dream that I believed in, and I felt passionate about it, so if I can instill hope into somebody too with the film, that's what I most want.

I did 'Basic Instinct 2' because I had a baby about to be born, and the director said we could shoot before the due date.

Everything in 'Satya' was by chance. It was a film which just started evolving by itself. I just went mostly by instinct and kept on improvising on location, and the film just got made itself.

It is gut instinct that guides me when I say yes to a film.