Quotes About Cinema

In some ways, I think 'Pulp Fiction' hurt cinema in a very, very minor, small way. It did a massive amount of good. But it also made it impossible to make a movie even remotely like it without someone comparing it to 'Pulp Fiction.'

The atmosphere in my house wasn't of the creative kind at all. No one in my family is remotely connected with films.

My parents used to rent old movies - my whole childhood is in black and white - and it was my dream to make films.

Usually when I am approached to do a score for a horror movie, it's to attempt a repeat performance of what I did way back on 'Hellraiser' or 'Jennifer 8' - one of those really orchestral scores.

The only thing that I find repetitive is the number of marriages I have arranged in films. That is one thing I stay away from in real life.

Movies will always be movies, and you can never replace that feeling of when the lights go down and the image comes up.

I mean I've seen 3D films so far and I think it's a long way to go before they replace actors. It's a funny thing with 3D, I haven't quite got it yet. Yet.

I don't think anyone can replace the brand 'Bachchan.' You can call him a brand. But for me, he defines Indian cinema when it comes to actors.

A lot of movies were influenced by 'Logan's Run,' like 'Minority Report'. A lot of films have those elements in them.

There's a reason why I use film. It's because it's the best representation of how our eyes work. I really believe that. I think it's better than digital.

On the sets of the movie 'Manto,' I found that one of the challenges of embodying real-life stories is the mixed medium of facts and imagination, and how one's collage of experiences colour ones representation on celluloid.

Cinema is a larger-than-life representation. I wish to bring it to the small-screen.

Romcoms are challenging, but I'm hungry for drama.

I'm not an outdoorsman. I'd rather go see a movie. I don't want to hunt anything.

'Deer Hunter' is a movie; it is not an attempt to write history.

I cut 'Deer Hunter' myself.

A movie should be made keeping in mind they are not hurting any religious sentiments.

One movie I come back to time and again is 'The Hustler.' I don't think there's better dialogue in any film.

I go to anything at the cinema that gets the hype. I'm so easily seduced by it.

One of the most iconic films ever made was 'Sholay.'

Children don't have anywhere to go except cinema halls, malls and restaurants. All three aren't ideal places for kids to grow up in.

I am really eager to do a Gujarati film and ideally, I would love to be a part of a light-hearted story.

Film is the medium for communicating not just ideas, but things of the heart.

Foreign films have helped me because I've become identified with international stars.