Quotes About Films

I owe 40 per cent of my success to films from the south like 'Himmatwala,' 'Toofan,' 'Mawaali,' 'Maqsad,' Tamil and Telegu films such as 'Big Boss,' 'Apurva Shar,' 'Gangleader,' etc. I salute the south for contributing immensely to my success.

I owe my career in the South to Tamil films.

'Fruitvale' set the bar for what I wanted to do with my career, which was to make films that had consciousness and messaging in an entertaining package. Once I hit that mark, I never wanted to go back.

Personally, the films I love include 'Black Friday,' 'Lage Raho Munna Bhai,' 'Love Sex Aur Dhoka,' and 'Zindagi Na Milege Dobara' because they work at the box office and are complete packages.

I eventually want to do writing on all the films, but not necessarily to be the writer. Writing is a painful, painful thing; it really is.

I was originally a painter, and I made films sort of as an extension of that, and then I started to try to make dramatic films because the early films were experimental films.

Seeing Cubism paintings at the Beaubourg makes me very happy and, also, old films.

There is a ban on Indian films in Pakistan, so that's half of our market gone.

Middle-class Pakistani cultural life is what I've seen, what I know - they're not all screaming faceless mullahs. It's disturbing that in American films, the character on the other side is not even named.

When I started work with LucasArts Computer Division back in 1984, I went to the Palace of Fine Arts and saw the Festival of Animation for the first time. I loved the diverse collection of animated films the festival held.

It costs so much to make films. With a novel, you can write the whole thing on a ream of paper from Staples for $4.

I knew that I wanted to be in parallel cinema and do meaningful films.

In the 80s, parallel cinema gained momentum. So, I got back to films and won National awards for Maqbool' and other films.

It wasn't until I was 14 that I finally saw her films. We found an old 16-millimeter projector in the attic, put up a bedsheet - I ironed it myself - and watched reels that were given to her by Paramount.

What I've absorbed of the gothic or paranormal has come mainly from films.

If you look to the few films that have been really successful, 'Insidious,' 'Paranormal Activity,' it's all basically the old monsters.

I've been very, very busy with my commitment to my constituency and to Parliament. So, I don't really have time to work in films.

Failure is part and parcel of the process of experimenting with roles and films.

The black community has always been a fan of horror films, but in terms of the participants, they've been few and far between.

I'm always interested to see what films are made of books. I kind of don't participate as a filmgoer in any kind of debate about what's better, the book or the movie. So I think it's interesting when people want to do it.

I would love to act in films if people think I am right for a particular role.

I'm so happy with 'Grease' and 'Xanadu,' particularly because of the music in both films.

Not only is my husband the most encouraging partner, he is more demanding than me when it comes to films, wanting me to do better roles.

I had just had small parts in other films, and I'd worked with a lot of directors in TV.