Quotes About Opportunity

There is so much I'd love to do in this industry. I'm honestly interested in directing even a little more so than acting.

I had a very embarrassing time acting extremely badly at university, which is when directing suddenly became so attractive.

I've always felt that my life's been at the right place at the right time; I feel like there's been some really dull moments, really high moments, really low moments, but it's always felt like everything's moved in the right direction; it always feels great, and everything feels right.

Life begins at 40. I could attempt writing. Life is taking me into different directions.

Art.com is a fantastic opportunity to move into the consumer space, as we have the content and now we have the means to go to the consumer and sell to them directly.

I didn't so much choose the film as director Claire Denis chose me.

The director had come to Madrid to court me.

The worst is when I talk myself into something. Sometimes you take things because you want to work with a certain actor, or you want to work with a director, even if the script or the part's not that great.

I am blessed to have got a chance to work with directors like Anurag Kashyap, Vishal Bhardwaj, and Nikhil Advani at such an early age.

In some cases, the casting directors have casted blindly and have not looked into my ethnic background.

I decide intuitively what I want to do. When directors like Imtiaz Ali, Ayan Mukerji, Anurag Basu and Anurag Kashyap, who have stories to tell, come to me, why would I not be a part of it?

I just really want to continue to play those roles where I really have something to do, and mainly, above all, work with people that I can learn from - directors I think are so great.

Well, this is the second time I've done New Directors.

If Martin Scorsese calls, I am available. And then there the ones, well, you can just run down the list - any of those Oscar-nominated films, they have amazing directors across the board.

Everybody just asks me 'Are you going to make Hollywood movies now?' First, I don't know. Second, I never dreamed about that; I just dreamed about making movies with Tarantino. So if I can make movies with a lot of amazing directors - yes.

I've been lucky to learn by playing all kinds of roles and watching all kinds of really good cinematographers, actors, and directors for many years before people were even aware of me in terms of audience.

I would love to work with Cameron Crowe; he's definitely one of my favorite directors.

I get to meet different directors and different people.

The question I always ask is: 'Where are all the women directors in America?' You know, where's the female Martin Scorsese, the female David Lynch?

Some people might think that what I've done before made it easier for me to get jobs, but it was actually a disadvantage. I had to work even harder.

Sport is important for children, especially from disadvantaged places, to bring up their self esteem.

I've always wanted to work with young people from disadvantaged areas.

We've established a world that's binary gendered, and I don't want to be disadvantaged at all. If being male is going to be more advantageous than being female, I'm all about it. I don't really think it's that important.

I think starting a cinema career late in life has more advantages than disadvantages.