Film Quotes
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For all its flaws, 'The Hands of Orlac' really is a seminal film, and if you're partial to that particular B-movie subgenre of Demon Body Parts, you really ought to see it.
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American films are less American every day, because you have to please a world audience. There's less authenticity, so it's more accessible.
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I would like to be in a really big, successful film - boffo, spectacular, $500 million!
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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
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'When Marnie Was There' was the first animated film I've ever done.
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I'm very picky about what I'll do and the message the film has in it.
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Stage and film are just two wildly different animals. Why compare the two?
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I'd love to do all types of film, not just comedy, although I love comedy.
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My first film 'Saawariya' was a flop; I don't regret it.
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It's a great thriller or mystery, but on another level it's a film about the fact that, if you only look at a person through one lens, or only believe what you're told, you can often miss the truth that is staring you in the face.
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The literary aspect of the film business excites me, but show business in general doesn't take any mental giant.
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I always loved music, and I always wanted to make a film about it, but I could never do it because of the censorship that was around.
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You have to understand that you are not making the film for yourself; you're making it for the audience. If I am asking my audiences to buy tickets, I owe them the worth of their money, and I owe them entertainment.
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My dream is to do exactly what I'm doing. I love writing and directing, and being somebody that can write about an artist I love or make a film about it. That's great. I would leave the other stuff to those who do it much better.
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I didn't want to be an actress. I wasn't trying to be in film or an art gallery for me.
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I've only used my own voice about four times on film.
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Being a good television screenwriter requires an understanding of the way film accelerates the communication of words.
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My first film crush was Mark Lester as Oliver Twist in the Carol Reed film.
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On Saturday afternoons, there was a film, of course, and then we did about four shows between the films. And I would do a tap dance, a little military tap.
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I'd like to do a really masculine film.
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I am honoured to have been chosen for an Amitabh Bachchan film.
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
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I won't ever direct a film. And I certainly won't write an autobiography. Only self-obsessed people want to write or talk about themselves!
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I've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world.
