Quotes About Cinema

I think a lot of action films, and I'm just saying this as a moviegoer, the default setting on action films seems to be how could it be cooler?

It is not the script that defines a film. It is the execution of the script that counts.

Film is abstract, not definite. It is a dream.

I have a problem with the present definition of commercial films. To me, 'Ghare and Baire' is an absolute mainstream film. There are also many films I have worked in that have been called art films by many. But I consider commercial.

Clint Eastwood was a most delightful man to work with.

The cinema saved me from being a delinquent. I could have been, but I didn't get caught up. I never was going to get arrested or anything.

Cinema is changing every week, and multiplex audiences are demanding every week.

If you have a film that's talking about God, you would think that it would appeal to people that consider themselves religious, whatever denomination they're attached to.

The film depends on the audience's belief in this relationship.

The success of a film depends on the screenplay, and nothing else.

I love how South Indian films depict life and love.

Cinema is very important to me. I derive a lot of strength from this art form, and I believe that it is very impactful socio-politically.

In some instances, I would say the writer does deserve equal billing with the director. In other instances the director - especially if he wrote part of the script himself - is clearly more the author of the movie.

Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence.

On the clothes front, I have a designer who sits with the director for each film to chalk out a look for me based on the script.

I usually choose movies that I would want to see. I appreciate drama and if the right script came across my desk, drama you will see.

You don't forget the movies, but you forget the details of them.

You can't make a film for your personal satisfaction. That is why I detest the cinema of people like Mani Kaul.

I want to start really developing more on the film side.

It's true that as Mr. Chan makes more American movies - and gets older - we will never again see the kind of fistfight choreography that the star would devote four months to shoot.

I'm totally devoted to '30s cinema.

Since 80% of my career has been devoted to successful commercial cinema, I have always been told that I do not know how to act.

Earlier, directors shied away from having a character speak in the Telangana dialect but not anymore.

I love moments in film where there's no dialogue, and somebody communicates something with a look that kills you. That's why I love going to the cinema.