Quotes About Director

I love working with Scorsese. He's not only a brilliant director and is great working with actors, but he's also a walking human film encyclopedia. It's fun to talk about movies with him.

There's nothing like walking onto a Hollywood sound stage.

Movies are a director's medium, and they end up getting less credit than actors. They get the flak if the movie doesn't do well, and the actor walks away with most of the credit if the film does well.

The pastor of a parish will typically have no education in the chant or in music, and he will hire the first music director who walks through the door.

I've always been a big fan of Anjali Menon as a director and have watched most of her films, too.

After my second film, 'Simhadri,' which was a very big hit, I made 'Sye,' a small college movie with a rugby union backdrop.

'Kanchana' was a big hit. 'Ganga' was an even bigger hit.

I'm a big movie guy.

If I hear that a film of mine is going to be shown on a big screen somewhere and I haven't seen it in a while, I make a point to get to see it. I just want to see it up on the big screen.

Sometimes the best experiences are when I know nothing about this movie: I've never met the director, and I come and see something and I'm blank, because then it's coming at you in a way it would never come at you if you'd read the script, with an expectation.

I always wanted to do an action movie, not particularly 'Bond.'

I would say that the energy on set is always the energy of the director because he's the boss.

There are some movies that you feel like doing because of the script. Some because it sounds like fun, some because that's the director you want to work with, some because it's a project that you want to be involved with, and some because you will be paid lots of money. But the bottom line is I must feel like doing it.

Bollywood looks only at the box office numbers. If the film earns money, it is usually because of the hero and the director. It is about Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan.

I am playing a brave girl in Thagararu.' I was told by the director that Madurai girls are naturally brave and during my shoots in the city, I realized that this is true about the girls from Madurai.

Ang Lee - he is amazing. I think doing a film with him would be breathtaking.

I love Brian De Palma.

All my films have turned out well only because of the director's brilliance, not because of me.

I admired Stephen Daldry very much; I think he's a brilliant director, and also, I feel close to him because he has a lot of theater behind him. He's also a man of great imagination and a lovely sense of humor.

Stephen Frears is brilliant and has made movies that inspired me for my whole life.

I think Anand Rai is one of the few brilliant directors we have.

When I got to Broadway, I conducted five Broadway shows.

I was asked if I'd audition for a part in a Broadway musical because the director just loved me.

I'd like to be able to be like a director, like Richard Brooks, say. And be able to say, 'I did my best, and this is it, and there's nobody to blame but me.'