Quotes About Film

If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and would like instead to do what books do best.

I'm not complaining about doing 20-hour days. It's a joy to be able to work on yet another film.

I've never even watched one of my films since they're completed.

Film actors are, by nature, more complicated than stage actors.

It has been said that I make chick flicks. This is not a compliment.

I would love to compose for an entire film because it will be a different experience.

When I compose for any film, I always work with the story in mind.

My dream is to compose for Karan Johar and Aditya Chopra.

I have composed music for many city-based movies.

Copland was the first important American classical composer to go to work for Hollywood.

According to me, one composer should do one film.

Because a composer's soul goes into a film, they should do the entire film, even the background score. If not, then don't do it.

One of the major aspects of film composing is that it's not so much a musical thing as it is communicating your ideas with the director, who often does not come from a musical background.

For me, the most absorbing films are those that address big questions and real ideas but embody them in small examples that we can appreciate and comprehend.

I got a job as an assistant film editor, which lasted for a few years, but I found writing incredibly difficult, and I thought, 'How am I going to make a film if I can't write?' I didn't really comprehend that someone else would do that bit.

You can't compromise to keep the film in budget.

Even when I'm alone, my life revolves around film. I think that's why I live in New York, not L.A., where it's so concentrated.

I was a film major with a concentration in animation.

Science fiction literature's focus is on ideas, the concept of change, and the impact on humanity. Those concepts are hard to capture on film. They work better in the mind.

As far as I was concerned, either I was a homosexual or I wasn't, so making films would change nothing.

When you're shooting concert scenes in films, we try to bring in, where appropriate, as much of a sense of live performance as possible.

There's a thing about film composing and conducting in my family.

This was all very new to me and I did not want to ruin his film! So we worked hard on that basis of confidence that is needed to collaborate comfortably.

It was the script of 'VRV' that brought Gautham Karthik on board. He would not risk his career if he wasn't confident about the film.