Quotes About Cinema

I love Hindi films.

I'm an international actor, but at the same time, I'm also a Bollywood actor, even though most of my career has been abroad. However, I've always kept in touch with Hindi cinema.

As an actor, I am only excited about doing good work - be it in mainstream Hindi cinema, Hollywood, a French film, or a Marathi movie.

We all have grown up watching Hindi romantic films, and when it comes to show love, that's probably how we show it.

Hindi film industry makes film for the rest of the world. Tamil films are watched by Malay people. When a film is not bound by a language, why should an actor be?

I am hard put to think of a single positive thing that commercial Hindi cinema has achieved.

Hindi cinema has only one religion, and that's money.

My dream is to become a director. I want to direct a Hindi film.

I am now confident about attempting a Hindi film. I believe if you have a good story to tell, audiences will watch it.

Somehow, Hindi movies never took me in the same way Hollywood films did. Even at the age of five or six, I could see the difference in the quality of execution.

Now that I am a part of the Hindi film industry, I hope I can do different roles with a lot of scope.

I am a kid who grew up watching mainstream Hindi films like 'Sholay,' 'Satte Pe Satta' and 'Mr India.'

Billa' was inspired by Hindi hit 'Don.'

Directing a film in Hindi is definitely on the cards.

Isn't nearly every Hindi film a rehash of some movie or the other?

I was about 19 when I began working for Hindi films.

I enjoy doing a Hindi film more than South flicks.

The way cinema has grown I think, doesn't matter if its Hindi or South. People watch all languages.

People want to see me for at least two hours uninterrupted in a Hindi film.

After 'Gangaajal,' I did not take another Hindi film and shifted focus to Marathi cinema.

In Hindi cinema, the cabaret dancers were eased out when the heroines imbibed their mannerisms. This could happen in Malayalam cinema too.

Above all, they had the cinema. And this was probably the only area where they had learned everything from their own sensibilities.

These are cynical times. Some of the romcoms I thought worked best in recent years were '500 Days of Summer,' 'Celeste and Jesse Forever' and 'Like Crazy,' all of which reject the standard happy-ever-after formula.

During my stint in IT, I worked and used the free time to browse the net for research on cinema. In the evenings, I did theatre. Had I not been successful, I would have gone back to my IT job. It was my back up plan.