Quotes About Film

I was offered Vicky Kaushal's role in 'Lust Stories,' which I had declined.

'Crazy Rich Asians' has been compared to 'Black Panther,' but I feel like that's a false equivalency. The idea that there's only this film for Asians and that film for African Americans - it's so binary. I don't think it's like that at all. There should be and will be many films and many stories. Hopefully this just opens the floodgates.

I have to write for everyone. What really fascinates me is how you make films or make stories that can genuinely be shared by different groups.

Film is the only language I speak, and I have been lucky to be involved in some great stories. You don't want to preach to people, but you want them to think about why things are the way they are, the history that is there as well as the possibilities.

I got to work alongside Alexandra Shipp, who plays Storm in 'X-Men: Apocalypse', so that was really cool for me.

As a director, you need the Saul Zaentz type of producers. Zaentz was a guy who literally capped the storm outside of the director so that they could do their job. That's a great producer.

I think 'Ek Chhotisi Love Story' has really damaged me. People think they can compromise my reputation and get away with it.

'A Christmas Story' has always meant a lot to me personally.

For me, the driving emotion of selecting a film is that I just love that story. It may give a message, it may not give a message - that's fine. I just loved it.

I would love to do a love story or a socially relevant drama. Something on the lines of Netflix originals. I would love to explore the big screen, too.

If you're a film composer, you have the music tell the story of the character.

Live action movies are someone else's story. With animation, audiences can't think that. Their guards are down.

I went to film school to make films just because you're in control of the story.

I did my very first film with Kirk in Detective Story when he was the greatest, greatest star in the world. I fell in love with him, had a crush on him then.

Interestingly enough, the storyboard... that I did for 'Psycho' went precisely as I laid it up, and there was no change on that. And frankly, I myself at that point didn't even really understand the impact that some of these things would have.

It's weird - on almost every film I've worked on, the first sequence we storyboard ends up being the first sequence that goes into animation, and ends up being almost shot-for-shot the same.

I really don't storyboard unless it's an action sequence of some kind, but I plan carefully.

When it comes to 'Ala Modalaindi,' I was impressed with the storyline narrated by Nandini, the director of the film.

I'm not a very big fan of 'Slumdog Millionaire.' I think it's visually brilliant. But I have problems with the story line. I find the storyline unconvincing.

I think it's very refreshing to see women in cinema having strength and their own independent storyline.

The first 'Hunger Games' movie was one of those rare films to combine epic storyline, memorable characters and challenging musical opportunities.

'Kanchana' is not exactly a sequel. Only the character played by me is the same as in the original but the storyline is very different.

The great film editor is not a cutter, he's a storyteller, right?

I'm interested in the film world; I love being a storyteller.