Quotes About Film

As an actor, there is so much more than just acting in the film. A lot of other things like networking and marketing is involved.

I think with comedy I get very sort of critical of myself and try and do the best I can and it doesn't come as second nature. I work at those kinds of films. It doesn't mean I can't do them - I've done two now, and I have a great time doing them, but I just find myself a little bit more neurotic.

I am neutral when a film fails.

We should never forget that Hollywood was built by Europeans, and the old Jewish boys from Eastern Europe.

When we started on 'Coraline,' there was a whole host of things that we had no idea how we were going to do. Because we were making films in a way that had never really been done before, we were taking this hundred-year-old art form and bringing it into a new era by embracing technology and innovation.

It's exciting to work with new directors with new ideas.

I am not closed to any new ideas. But films are my first love.

I was a kid living in New Jersey, who - I'd wanted to make movies since I was a little kid, so that came before music for me. But I started playing drums just as a hobby, and I wasn't even really into jazz that much.

I'd love to do an action film. I'd love to do a film based on a book series; I love to read the book and then go see the movie. I'd love to have a show on Disney; I love working for them. And I'm also working on getting some new music out of my own.

I like to go from film to film, meeting new people and playing new roles. Because actors are like children: They want to play, and I like to play.

When I'm doing a part, I'm not coming with any baggage of who did what. I looked at 'Force 2' as a fresh film. It's a new story and a new director.

Every film that comes out that incorporates CGI or performance capture is a little bit ahead of the last film that came out. You're on the cutting edge for a certain amount of time, and then the new technology comes out.

With every film that I am doing I am learning new things either about myself, or about filmmaking.

New York City is the most culturally diverse city in the world, and yet there have been few films about the Chinese, Latino, and Middle Eastern experience in New York.

There are few teachers from the film industry to guide newcomers. One can see a gap between the film industry and those teaching at film schools.

I started my own magazine with drawings, commentary, news, film reviews and drawings.

Lord of the Rings was something I always wanted to do. I read the book when I was about 25, and I was always hoping if it was ever made into a feature film that I would be involved in some way. And then I finally got it, and I was over the moon. It was fantastic news.

I did The Newton Boys and during the whole process of making the film, I may have spent a week in Los Angeles.

I am very proud of 'Newton.' It's a wonderful film.

'Newton' is a very Indian film but resonates with people all across. And that's the reason it got great response at the film festivals.

I got an internship with the casting director of The Girl Next Door. I would hold the clipboard and help them in their casting sessions and get them lunch.

Just like there are nice guys and not-so-nice guys, there are nice women and the not-so-nice. The problem is that, in India films have only shown one side of women.

Savyasachi' is an action romantic film and I'm getting to work with some very nice people. I play the role of a simple girl who's very innocent and independent.

'Cheeni Kum' was one of the nicest experiences.