Quotes About Films

I love westerns, I'd love to make more of them.

I am a hybrid. I do independent films and also do Hollywood films - I love them both.

At the behest of the filmmakers and/or their estates, the titles of those movies based on true-life stories have been omitted.

I do think of my films as morality plays, even though my reputation is, you know, splatter films and like that. But I think of them as very moral.

I will always accept good films that require demanding performances.

Most actresses have multiple commitments, from films to endorsements, that require us to maintain a particular look over a long period. Hence, there is never an opportunity to experiment with hair, so we just settle for a neutral look that we can work with across projects.

Fortunately, the films I do not require too much of glamour. Those are the kinds of roles I'm looking for.

I've grown up watching cinema from around the world, and there are films that have scenes that are far steamier than what we are required to do on screen.

I do want my films to have the required entertainment quotient, but I'd prefer doing films where you don't have to leave your brains behind.

Modeling and my films in the South helped groom me for Bollywood and I had the confidence it required.

I sometimes think the theatre is more demanding because it requires things you don't have in films, like it requires you to make the people in the front row believe you and not look an idiot to them while the people right at the back can hear you.

In the early '90s, I was hired to write educational dramas about HIV and AIDS in the shantytowns. I did that for two and a half years, and then I was hired on other films. When 'Tsotsi' presented itself, I thought, 'This is not a world I grew up in, but I've spent a great deal of time writing about it and researching it in my past.'

I've been really lucky with critical reaction, overall, even if my films don't often resemble each other.

I was lucky enough to make four Bond films. It finished in rather shambolic fashion, but I have no bitterness, no resentment.

I think because I've maintained my residence in New York, those kinds of films have been more accessible.

I have always tried to make profitable films because people's offices shut down if films fail, and I will do everything to avoid that.

Our films appear to have become realistic once again. 'Thondimuthalum Driskakshiyum' is a fine example. I am glad that I could also contribute to this phase of Malayalam cinema with 'Shutter.'

I was scouted at the age of 10 by a Hollywood agent. I was a really shy, geeky-looking thing, and started in the industry by doing 'extra' work on films.

I was too shy to be in films. But, my father thought it would work for me. It took a lot of time for me to think about getting into films.

Comic books and films have a lot more in common than, say, comics and books or films and books. The two art forms, to me, seem like pretty close siblings.

My beliefs encompass all religions. But I never show my religious inclination in my films. My characters have dark sides; they aren't the god-fearing characters. It wasn't a conscious decision. I'm a very lazy and emotional person who connects with the common man.

A lot of films made me love the movies, everything from Hitchcock to Godard. But the ones that really grabbed me were Costa-Gavras's films like 'Z' and 'State of Siege.'

I ideally would like to do three films every year. Every day, I pray for it. But I should like a script before I sign on a film.

The one worry that I always have with TV is that it's such a long commitment. You sign on to be there for a good amount of time, and then you can't go and do films and things like that.