Quotes About Cinema

I've never actually seen a 3-D movie. I've seen some dailies in 3-D and it kind of gives me a headache. But it looks really cool.

I like 'Donnie Darko' it's a cool take on dreams and sleep.

My dad had a movie theater so I was there every night.

My dad would often take me to the cinema and I found myself really seduced by the imagery, I think this had a massive impact on how I viewed the world.

There is no golden rule of dating, except to make sure that it engages both of you; too many people go to a cinema for a first date and of course don't say a word, that's a bad thing!

Give me B movies or give me death!

When the camera starts to roll, there is something of death about it.

By the time she was their age, she'd seen all the Kurosawas, all the Tarkovskys, all the Fellinis, all the Antonionis, all the Fassbinders, all the Wertmullers, all the Satyajit Rays, all the René Clairs, all the Wim Wenderses, all the Truffauts, the Godards, the Chabrols, the Resnaises, the Rohmers, the Renoirs, and all these kids have seen is Star Wars.

You don't have to know how to make a movie. If you truly love cinema with all your heart and with enough passion, you can't help but make a good movie.

Any assemblage of frenetic images, bad music, and incoherent plot is called a major motion picture.

A lot of people don't know the passion I have for Asian American cinema.

I easily fall asleep during a movie.

I have always been a fan of Mahesh Manjrekar's work. I like the way he tells his stories. He manages to focus on aspects of human beings and of society, which we don't often see in cinema.

I have grown up watching Aditya Chopra and Karan Johar movies. Naturally, I aspire to be a part of their kind of cinema.

I feel that every actor should do at least one movie with Tigmanshu Dhulia.

I would rather be attached to well-made, big-budget films.

I'm not usually attracted to big-budget American films.

I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.

I don't make movies because I think audiences will want to go see them.

I try to work on a film that my audiences would appreciate and enjoy their time in a theatre.

Christian audiences, I think, have grown very tired of movies that try to pander to them.

My audiences love watching my films.

I support all Australian films.

I have seen a lot of gay-themed films that didn't really express how I see being gay at this moment in the world. There never seemed to be a kind of authentic depiction of relationships.