Quotes About Films

I'm all for typewriters, with instant carbon copies, and seeing films in cinemas.

I'd like to act in Punjabi films and do some great roles instead of just dance sequences.

I follow my heart and my instinct about films and people.

I choose films based on gut instinct.

It was very important for me to work in an office environment because I wanted the knowledge and experience of working in a team. That would help me as a human being. But I have always wanted to do films. It was instinctive.

I make sure not to do anything which can be insulting for women- something very common in Punjabi films.

When people used to ask me why I got involved with Hollywood films, I would say jokingly that it was for the health insurance.

I don't think German films have to be heavy or intellectual the way they sometimes used to be.

The movies I make - the goal isn't a mass audience. They're not expensive films. So the attempt is to reach a much more limited audience - one would say an audience that enjoys films that challenge them emotionally and intellectually.

Personally, I don't claim to be a great director. My films are made for children, not intellectuals.

Ranbir is a very intelligent actor and he is one of my favorite actor in the present generation. He is very good and he is very intense. He is doing a wonderful job and his choice of films is very good.

Why should I make films for some intelligent people?

I think drug movies free the director to make intense films.

If you want to show cinema, make entertainment films. Sometimes they are very good, sometimes very bad, but the intention is always to make entertaining films.

Critics think we try to make bad films. They think we want to spend five months of our lives making something bad. We always go out with the best of intentions, whether it's fluffy comedy or a drama.

Well, I'm just a really sentimental person, and I just get leveled by things so easily, like from films, to personal interactions, to memories, to music.

I had been playing really interesting roles before I got great roles. Little ones - 'The Crying Game' I loved working on, and then 'Bird,' 'Ghost Dog,' so many films.

Well, I am from India and I wanted to make films in English for the international market in India. So that was really the main thing, and then of course economically it was cheaper to make films in India.

The financing of my films has always been international.

It's a testament to [Joan Blondell]'s talent that she is so fondly remembered even though so few of her films were even adequate. Her Warners cohorts were given classics while Joan remained the reliable backup in unremarkable films badly needing her gifts.

I like to go from mainstream movies to more artsy films. I don't sign on for the money. Maybe I should, but I don't. There's always a good reason for doing something.

What type of influence do books and especially horror films have on a spiritual life? A negative one.

I find that violence is very ambiguous in movies. For example, some films claim to be antiwar, but I don't think I've really seen an antiwar film. Every film about war ends up being pro-war. To show something is to ennoble it.

Je fais des films pour réaliser mes rêves d'adolescent, pour me faire du bien et, si possible, faire du bien aux autres.