Quotes About Films

I'm attracted to films that have strong female characters because there are strong female characters in my life. That's my own reality, so it's a doorway into a world for me.

I've always been interested in showing our films to international audiences. The easiest way is through the festival circuit, a big marketing platform for films that aren't big enough to be in the mainstream race.

I see most of my movies at festivals.

Kerala is a small state, and Malayalam films are seen by only very few people. That doesn't bother me.

A lot of my friends aren't working, especially since fewer films are being made now and there's more competition.

It was a conscious decision on my part to take up fewer films. And if you're not seen that often on screen, nobody calls you to perform at an awards ceremony.

More meaningful cinema is being made, and that is the reason why you see a rejuvenated Malayalam film industry. But more films aimed at youth are needed.

Hollywood is a film industry, a film business. I don't approach my career in that way. I see it as 'art,' and I become involved in films that ring my bell.

Indian film industry has shot films all over the world and we get a lot of benefits and facilities while shooting our films in foreign locations.

Most of the films I've done were ruined in the postproduction, not during filming.

Some filmmakers are more eclectic than others. I'm not one of those! I'm interested in what I'm interested in, which is films about the world, about what's going on. I started in TV documentaries with 'World in Action,' and those interests feed into the films I make now.

You can tell so much about somebody by the films they make, and it's only while I approach this do I now realize how much of the filmmaker you can see in their films.

When you get an opportunity to work in good films like 'Raazi,' it boosts your confidence to know that good filmmakers are willing to work with you.

People say I pick good films. Rather, good filmmakers choose me. The directors come to me, and I thank them for their trust in me.

I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.

People should be good, established people; the filmmaking and acting experience should be heartening. So I chose films where I would get a good experience, not just great roles.

In films, you have to follow the director's vision. Filmmaking is a director's medium. So everything happens as per the script and his vision.

You should bear in mind that almost all my documentaries are feature films in disguise.

I didn't have a career; I made films. It's very different.

I don't think films about elderly people have been made very much.

I want people to come see my films and enjoy them but at the end of the day you can't control what people think.

Boldness, sensuality and an unapologetic way of showing things, that is part of my films.

I always liked Disney films. To this day I think 'Bambi' is great.

I don't expect to win awards while working in films.