Quotes About Films

Some films are pure entertainment of course, but what interests me and what I want to do are projects that really make you think, that move you, that will bring you something that will stay with you for a while. I think films are essential to the intellectual awakening of people.

The lack of 'quality' films in Pakistan was one of the reasons why I stayed away.

My focus stays on doing good films with notable characters.

I have two different categories of favorite films. One is the emotional favorites, which means these are generally films that I saw when I was a kid; anything you see in your formative years is more powerful, because it really stays with you forever. The second category is films that I saw while I was learning the craft of motion pictures.

I am trying to do films that stay with me for some time. 'Banaras' stays with me.

I like how steady the work in television is. Films, they're hard to come by. They're elusive. I've done a couple, independently financed. You do them, and maybe a few people will see them.

Enough of the formulaic stuff. I am not saying pot-boilers are going to stop coming, but there should be other quality-centric films to off-set them, to maintain a steady balance.

I have never planned my career. I never wanted to be an actress. Films were an instinctive step, just like modelling and television.

A lot of my friends are people who do horror films: Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Stephen King.

It is very difficult for us to establish identity in films. It is not easy to break through your stereotype image from television and form a new identity on the big screen.

I know that when you do similar kind of films, one after the other, people tend to stereotype and say, 'She is only good at this.'

People are quick to stereotype you and very lazy in their imagination to think beyond the first few films a heroine does.

I don't know what it was, maybe the movie theaters in my immediate surrounding neighbourhood in Burbank, but I never saw what would be considered A movies.

There is no reason to compare Bollywood and Marathi films. Both have their own charm.

As for the method of making films, I would say that there are no rules as such. The only thing important is that you should have the confidence to do it and have a good story.

My focus is totally on films and I have no time for a love life.

I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them.

I've been a fan of noir films since I was in high school.

I'm very influenced by documentary filmmaking and independent filmmaking, by a lot of noir and films from the '40s. Those are my favorite. And then, filmmaking from the '70s is a big influence for me.

You've got Marvel films, sequels, franchise movies, so much noise out there. You're trying to brand your entertainment. The musical is its own brand.

It's a weird little anomaly about horror films in that the more money and noise you have, the less scary it gets.

Awards season is big for me - I love following all the films and who might be nominated.

I made up my mind that I will do fiction in films and non-fiction in TV.

Everyone equates good cinema with boring shots and boring films - where a character takes 10 minutes to walk down a corridor, and still nothing happens at the end of the shot. Those films tried to be cool and fashionable by dispensing with drama, which, in my opinion, is absolute nonsense.