Quotes About Cinema

I think in 'Rocky IV' there are three montages with three five-minute songs, which is insane. You can't do that today.

I'm, like, the most insane Wes Anderson fan - his films are pretty much my inner landscapes. I just love him to pieces.

I'm heavily influenced by European and American cinema, but the further I get in my career, the more I find myself looking back East for inspiration.

It is important that alongside the blockbusters there are stories that can inspire and audiences can experience together in the cinema.

I had no aspirations to be part of American cinema... I was really a Europe-based person, and those were the films I was inspired by.

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

For me, it is very important to believe in the kind of movies I do. 'Rang De Basanti' made me feel good about Indian cinema. The movie instilled in me a confidence so strong, that I wanted to be a part of the revolution in Bollywood.

I choose my films by heart and instinct.

I don't think that cinema is bigger than family as an institution.

In cinema, the hero is not the one who sacrifices their body always, but the person who sacrifices their heart. They allow their heart to break so everyone else can stay intact.

Let's not betray cinema with marketing inside the film. If it's done outside, then it's ok. That is essential to integrity.

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

If you're expecting an intellectual film, then you will be disappointed.

I tend not to be so attracted to films that force me into an intellectual place over an emotional one.

A film engages you emotionally and intellectually.

Audiences want to see intelligent movies.

You can be far more challenging, articulate and intelligent writing for television than you can writing for the cinema.

Fifteen- to 30-year-olds are interested in all kinds of intelligent movies - it doesn't have to be a broad comedy or an action adventure for them to go see it.

I started out with V Shantaram. But my favourite director has been Gulzar, with whom I did intelligent cinema in movies like 'Khushboo,' 'Kinara' and 'Parichay.'

All I know is that I intend to do films which are different from each other, work with good directors and on great stories so that I get to grow as an actor. That's my only attempt.

Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him.

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

I have always believed if the intention is right, it'll be a good film.

Great films happen, and no one can make them on intention.