Quotes About Films

Making films can be very lonely, and that's the part I don't like. I don't want to feel like I'm pressing 'pause' on my personal life to make a movie. I want to feel like I'm still creating relationships and things are moving forward.

The pressure is always there to make good films, but that is more from your mindset, either you have it or you don't have it.

Films do seem prestigious and glamorous, but when you create something, you want people to see it. TV still reaches so many more people; it still really appeals to me.

Movies are this thing that came into my life, and it still feels pretend in some way. I kind of do this thing, and I never really accepted this idea that I'm a film actor. That's what I do. I feel like I'm a theater actor that started doing films. Most people have never seen me in a play. They're fun, though.

What I don't like are pompous, pretentious movies.

Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.

I'd say my heart is more in independents, but sometimes these major films come along that are pretty good, you know?

You never know how films are going to do and it is daunting if I think about it.

For whatever reason, gay characters, or characters that deal with sexuality issues, who are black, in 'black films'... are typically not dealt with with any sort of complexity. They're exoticized: their being gay is sort of the point.

In our industry star kids are given opportunities. There is no dearth of films for them.

There's always this debate about how we need more good films but how many are willing to be part of such films.

'Punda' marks my entry into Kannada and 'Krishnaleelai' will be my Tamil debut. It was a good experience shooting for both the films.

It's not a conscious decision that I only want to do romantic films.

I think a lot of action films, and I'm just saying this as a moviegoer, the default setting on action films seems to be how could it be cooler?

I have a problem with the present definition of commercial films. To me, 'Ghare and Baire' is an absolute mainstream film. There are also many films I have worked in that have been called art films by many. But I consider commercial.

In Hollywood films everything is tidied up at the end with clean lines and clean character definitions. It's sort of unsatisfying.

Money is very important to me, but its source is important too. As of now, I can say that I will never ever do films that demands me to sell my craft.

I think what people think about my films depends on the film they see. It's all different and opinions are all different.

I wish more women would come into films and give it the respectability it deserves.

The kind of films that I do... they don't really have the budget for the actress to wear designer clothes. I think that is because it's mostly very relatable, real-life roles.

In fact, I never gave up doing dance shows despite films and even started my own dance school.

In fact, I became popular in Kerala after I took part in a reality dance show and despite making my foray into films as an actress I make it a point to take part in stage shows whenever I find time.

My first films were comedy, 'Murder By Death,' and 'The Cheap Detective.' But now they won't think of me as a comedian. Now, they think of me as a bad guy, and I can't do comedy.

Whether I am going in the right direction or not is determined not just by awards but also by the kind of films I do and their success.