Quotes About Films

I have nothing against 3D films but I do not need to see them.

Eleven years in films is a long time.

I am not running after money in Bollywood, I am experimenting with films and roles here.

I did important films when I was very young.

Where can I earn money if not from my work? We do some films for money and some for creative satisfaction.

Entertainment and escapism - those are the bigger money-making films today.

I'm an emotional person. I chose films based on emotions.

Campy films almost create real-life cartoons.

It's a coincidence that most of the films I have done are to do with social causes.

After the success of 'Krishnan Love Story,' I have decided to work only on good films.

I can't leave Punjabi films and will make it a point to act in at least one film a year there.

I believe that the environment at home has been fairly secular and liberal. And most times, it comes from my mother. Our culture is very strong, but at the same time, she's a very free-spirited person. She's an artiste, and that's the environment I grew up in, where films and music were respected and meditated upon.

When you make feature films, you have a script, which is a bible. The final result should be as it was written down on paper. And in documentary, you can write whatever you want, but life brings you situations where you have to be fast thinking, fast moving.

I've seen it happen with other directors. Sometimes there's a period where, if they're lucky, they get the financing where they can make two films in a year.

I don't shoot two films at the same time. I finish one character and get into another character because I change my look for every film. It's difficult, but I enjoy doing that.

A lot of films come out before they're finished.

I just hope to continue making and finishing films. And then get them seen.

But no one should have the right to manipulate my films in the first place.

Spike Lee is openly contemptuous of whites and what he implies to be a white establishment out to get him. Lee's films have grossed in the hundreds of millions. Whites have contributed greatly to this sum, though he seemingly cannot stand them. Hypocritical?

Roman Polanski is a man who cares deeply about his art and its place in this world. What happened to him on his incredible path is filled with tragedy, and most men would have collapsed. Instead, he became a great artist and continues to make great films.

Dramas make me laugh. The other day, I saw 'The Place Beyond the Pines,' and I was giggling the whole time. I laugh when I'm uncomfortable.

All things take time. A lot of my films still run on cable and are in video stores, and there's a whole generation that doesn't know who I am. So, it's a dichotomy. In some people's minds I may never grow up.

I want my films to offer wholesome entertainment and not be my personal showreels.

My work in books, films and talks lies almost wholly with children, and I have very little time to give to grown-ups.