Quotes About Filmindustry

When K. Balachander saw me for the first time, he booked me for three films and asked me to learn Tamil first.

What I loved about the 1950s is that there is an aesthetic to even the average film. The way the camera is placed, the way characters move, the way you dressed the sets, the respect for craft and actors, I do miss that in today's films.

Films with predominantly white casts can come in any form, tell any story, big or small. For black films, you have the light, fluffy rom-coms or 'Madea' movies, and then you have the black-torture awards movie.

I have been trying to get theatre releases for short films ever since I have been making them. I didn't get any response from theatres initially.

My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours.

I got my first big paycheck for 'My Best Friend's Wedding.' This was in the days when you actually did get paid to have a supporting role. It just doesn't happen like that anymore, but this was in the '90s. It was the golden age!