Quotes About Film

Even with a big budget, you can make a niche film.

Those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences - they are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people.

Of course, you have to think of the audience. You cannot make an obtuse film that only appeals to a small niche section of the audience.

I was part of the Bollywood film 'Strikers,' which I would call a niche film.

In India, Bollywood music enjoys a mass appeal while independent/non-film music has a niche audience.

If one sees the American Nightmare first and Chainsaw after that, you'll see it in a different kind of light.

As an actor, whatever I get the opportunity to do, if it has a good story then I'm in. I thought 'Dead End' had a great story; 'Nightmare on Elm Street,' of course, was probably the first real horror film I was in.

I did a film called 'Days and Nights,' which is a modern-day retelling of and inspired by Chekhov's 'The Seagull.'

I love the novel as a form, as an adventure of mind and soul. Really, I absolutely love writing them; they consume my days and nights - what can I say? But I am an avid film student, too: I watch a movie every night.

After I did nine years of a television series, I didn't want to do anything really that involved going to a set and being in front of a camera for quite a while. And when I did start to want to do things, I wanted to focus more on film.

I know there are things I did in education that will never be reversed. I have not done that in film yet because I have only been here for about nine months.

Just trying to get a film made which is always difficult no matter what kind of a budget you have. Not having a budget makes it even more difficult. Having nineteen days and no budget makes it extremely difficult.

One of my favorite horror films of the Nineties was 'Event Horizon.'

I've seen composers work on 30 films at one go. So, eight or even 10 albums in a year is no big deal.

I am quite comfortable doing a fashion shoot in a bikini. It's no big deal. But on the film's set, with a hundred people milling around, I got nervous.

When I was watching 'Sivaji,' I had no clue I will be a filmmaker; I had not even started making short films at that time.

Somebody with no connection to the film industry may succeed, and somebody with all connections to the industry may not.

I have no control over a film. I don't know what will be left on the cutting floor.

There's no doubt that some of the greatest films ever made have come from the theater. It's all a matter of finding a way to make the theater experience watchable on film.

I'm of the opinion that the technology is in a place where there's really no excuse not to just make your movie.

Everything's a risk, by the way, these days. Every film you make is a risk. There's no guarantee.

When you're making an independent film, there is no guarantee that anyone is going to see it, ever.

When you watch a film, a huge part of it is the music and the coloring and everything that comes together to create such a unique film. So, reading the script, I had no idea what it was gonna be.

I have no idea why, but I find that men make more of an impact on me in films than women - even very beautiful ones.