Quotes About Film

I had a smooth take-off in Malayalam, I would like to explore more and take up films that are different in Tamil.

I am as curious about my daughter's acting debut as the rest of the world. I think Alia has got the best possible debut under the biggest banner. But it's not going to be easy for her to go from the first to the second film smoothly.

I never feel like a smug or a smart-alec film director, and there are plenty of those around.

I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or a character - something that can nourish you as a human being as well as an actor.

I got in so much trouble when I was doing 'Snatched' in Hawaii.

Whatever I read about Emergency as a part and process of my film, I can say, as a citizen of a democratic country called India, I am certainly not 'for' Emergency, a decision that snatched away the normalcy of human life for 21 months.

It is customary for the writer to sneer that Hollywood has traduced their book. Well, I adore my film.

I will tell you that I'm a bit of a snob. I love film, and I would like to work in film, and I'm disappointed that indie film is as hard as it is to work in now. It's hard to get things done, but that sort of work is being done on TV. That's what I do; that's what I write. It's what I love, and hopefully, that's what my future's going to be.

There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy.

I've done TV and I've done film, and I'm not snobby about it. It's about the project.

Argentina is a bit tough to people. You don't embrace genre film in general. They are more like, in the film community, a bit snobby.

Do you remember a scene with Ryan and Ali playing in the snow? Well, that was improvised.

There's a rule in Hollywood: stay away from water and stay away from snow, and I had both.

They have horses in 'Snow White?' I am lucky nothing nasty happens to horses in 'Snow White.'

Film is not like a book; it's not a writer's baby at all. So many people have put in their talent, by that time that you feel grateful for what they've done, you don't feel possessive about it in any way.

I find it very interesting these days that films are bringing in so many people of different ethnicities, and I'm proud to be a part of that cultural shift.

There are so many people in film and television that get between a performer and the audience, and that's frustrating.

I don't feel isolated on a film set. In a way you do because you don't really mix with the outside world; you're just sort of working non-stop for a few months, but you've got so many people around you.

I still remember 2002. It's a very hard time for Hong Kong industry, no movies in Hong Kong, and also at this moment I start my new company, so many people said, 'You're crazy.'

So many people ask me, 'Do you like 'Departed?' I say, '50/50.'

As for pressure, there's always the desire to give my best to every film. After all, so many people put in so much of hard work.

There's no money in theater, but artistically speaking, it's so much more fulfilling! But, of course, there are still so many people left in film that I would love to work with as well - like Guy Ritchie! I'm a big fan of his work. He's at the top of my list of people I would love to collaborate with.

Whenever you do a film, it's always like a little miracle. So many people getting together trying to do something so that the audience can be entertained.

There's a lot of cool stuff going on in independent film. But obviously, yeah - all the comic-book-franchise stuff is deeply boring. But these comic-book characters are the pagan pantheon of gods in today's contemporary culture. It's so important to so many people.