Quotes About Films

It really broke my heart when music took a back seat when I was concentrating more on films. It was like choosing between two children.

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.

I guess all my films are about resolving conflicts - and they're all love stories. If they weren't, I couldn't make them.

There were many films made for both cinema and television, and in general I don't connect them very much with our books. I have one favorite: 'The Man on the Roof' by director Bo Widerberg, which was based on 'The Abominable Man.'

People think that I have some idea about how I choose my films. I make sure that I am doing the kind of films that I want to watch. You hear so many stories, and one of them will stand out and connect to you somewhere.

My favorite Wes Anderson movie is 'The Darjeeling Limited,' because I have two other brothers, and I just feel that connection so well. All of his films have something so great and unique about them, that I don't know how I would be if I don't like them. I wouldn't be me. My personality is his sensibility.

My characters in both 'Pyaar Ka Punchnama' films were so relatable that every other guy connects with me.

I don't want to come and conquer American films or the American market. I just want to do movies that I care about, stories that I like.

My conscience won't allow me to do films I thought were bad but were going to make money.

It is a conscious decision that I do films in different languages.

I want to challenge myself to see where my limit is and experiment with a lot of different films. A lot of artists from Asia focus too much on their Asian background. I don't want to let go of my background, but to be a success in the U.S., which is my goal, I realize I need to surround myself with American filmmakers and producers.

I take nothing away from my existence in the 'hood, because it sharpened my instincts. We had a different way of living that developed our survival instincts, and I use those to this day when I make films. You can't buy that.

I don't put any pressure on myself in terms of what people or fans do or don't want. It really just doesn't occur to me. I honestly just want to make the films I want to see as a fan. The film will survive or fail in my mind by how much I like it. Having said that, everyone wants their films to do well and to be well-received.

Stardom can be obtained only after surviving and giving good films for almost 20 years.

Suspense films are often based on communication problems, and that affects all of the plot points. It almost gives it kind of a fable feeling.

I love Sam Raimi. 'Evil Dead 2' is one of my favorite films. It's one of the best cheaper horror films I've ever seen. Horror films and suspense films can be made on a low budget without big stars and be very effective.

Good films will run, and people will watch it irrespective of whether it is suspense or a comedy.

I have a sneaking suspicion that if there were a way to make movies without actors, George Lucas would do it.

I've been blissfully ignorant about the result of my films and don't get swayed by success or failure.

But, I love making independent films. I love it! You create a family, and you sweat, you bleed, you cry, you shout, you laugh and you hug. It's such an extraordinary experience, making independent films.

I'm a big fan of the first one, but one of the first horror films I ever saw on my own was 'Halloween II.' That was my first real experience of Halloween as a concept because in Sweden in the Eighties, we didn't celebrate Halloween.

Canada was for me very much Sweden, you know? Very much open people, that they read books, they go see films. I felt at home in Canada. And also, you speak French.

Well, when I was really young and we lived in Sweden, the only films that were around at that point were... We had this collection of these super-8 highlight reels that they used to sell; like, they sold these super-8 reels that only had the best parts from a movie. So early on that's what I was seeing.

I'm not really volunteering for no family films. I really like the sweet spot of being able to be edgy and controversial.