Quotes About Films

I have been making films for 25 years now and I am not mad to invest in something from where recovery becomes an issue.

I don't think one can recreate the magic of old films.

When I dub for my films, I have my scenes already in place and I just have to work on my voice and deliver the same emotions. I have to recreate those emotions.

I guess I get to make films and I love what I do, but there's also the downside of having to be constantly present and do a lot of press, and go to festivals and do the red carpet. And that's something that's more and more part of an actor's job.

You know 'The Shawshank Redemption?' I've seen that movie, like, 30 times or something. 'Dirty Harry,' too - I love that movie.

I always refer to 'Blazing Saddles' or 'Young Frankenstein' as very much the kind of humor that I like to do.

My first job was at the BBC but was really dull. I was working in the BBC's reference department, where I did a lot of filing. I had always been interested in films and theatre, so I thought that getting a job at the BBC would be a good idea, but the job was really mundane.

I'm a die-hard fan of the Power Star and like using a Pawan Kalyan reference in all my films.

The odds of having films made which star women... Everyone still references one movie: 'Bridesmaids!'

Vellimoonga' has been a game-changer and I have handled comedy in almost all the films I did after that.

I knew that I'd end up directing because I'm so hands-on with my films.

I don't want to play father roles. And I use father roles figuratively for roles that are just hanging around... don't want to be a piece of furniture in films.

I was not confident about my hair before films happened. But today, my hair is something people like the most in me.

It's good to have a governing body to oversee matters in making of films, but you can't blame films for what is happening in society.

I do all my films happily, and I enjoy every moment of it.

After films like 'Happy Days' and 'Kotha Bangaru Lokam,' I should have been flying high, but my career didn't quite turn out that way.

The really cool thing is that I've developed this hardcore fan base that came to me through my work in films, but they are super-willing to cross over and experiment.

I'm very competitive, and I want to be very successful, but at the end of the day, films to me are still films. I want them to be good, and I'll work the hardest, but at night, I go home to my life and my family, and that's where my heart lies.

Films need a good direction, strong scripts, and hardworking actors. 'Wazir' has all of these.

The R K banner has had this tradition to make good films, and good films always take a lot of time to complete because of the hassles involved.

Though films need retakes, I have always hated them because they tend to become mechanical.

The best compliment for a director is that an audience hates their films.

I want to have fun. Big Hollywood films can be fun, but you know it's an industry, and if you don't function, they send you home.

My personal opinion is that an actor shouldn't bother himself about expanding his market. He or she should just do good films.