Film Quotes
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I never ask my wife about my flaws. Instead I try to get her to ignore them and concentrate on my sense of humor. You don't want any woman to look under the carpet because there's lots of flaws underneath. Joanne believes my character in a film we did together, "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge" comes closest to who I really am. I personally don't think there's one character who comes close... but I learned a long time ago not to disagree on things that I don't have a solid opinion about.
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Hollywood was a good influence because I was madly in love with films, and the films had a direct influence on me.
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Even on my films, I always collaborate with the actors. That's a given. I think you need that. You need the actors to feel as much ownership of the performance and the direction of the story as you do, to get the most out of everyone's potential.
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If a film or any piece of work doesn't entertain, it fails - and that is using the word entertain literally, meaning it holds you there and you become absorbed by it so that you don't walk away and get bored and so on.
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I love animated films when they are good, because they do bring a lot of emotion and heart that's very difficult to get in a live action film.
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If a film is well made, then great, whatever it's about.
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I've realised that to make a successful film, you have to be with a unit which is happy and positive from the beginning.
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All of my favorite directors are coming from a singular perspective, and I think that's been very lacking in film.
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I won't be able to do a film just for bad reasons, for money or for - I just can't. If I have one more where I feel I can bring you something, I will do it.
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Rather than making that a good project, I like to make the kinds of films that children can understand in five minutes what the film is about.
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Most of the female-directed films, if they got distribution, would have fewer dollars to support the film and play in fewer theaters than the men. Because the female-directed films go to smaller companies. So the gap starts widening.
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'Elf' has become this big holiday movie, and I remember running around the streets of New York in tights saying, 'This could be the last movie I ever make,' and I could never have predicted that it'd become such a popular film.
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I have tremendous faith that there will be greater films to come.
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You get paid the same for a bad film as you do for a good one.
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I still feel that a movie has to attempt to say something - even if it fails miserably. But I've sort of given up on believing that I'm going to change the world with every film I choose to act in.
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It was never a deliberate decision to make films about the 'woman experience'.
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When I talk to film students, I always say, "Buy the DVDs and listen to the commentaries, look at the making of, look at the behind-the-scenes," because that's such a great learning tool.
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I was shooting for 'Maaya' when I got a call from John Abraham's office. They told me about the film and asked if I could audition. But since I was shooting, I recorded my audition and sent them the tapes. The next thing I know, I was on board.
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Making films is great. You've got 100 people around and you're all dressing up and making weird art - it's a fun group activity.
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In film, other actors' performances really are not your concern. If the other actor isn't giving you what you want, act as though he were.
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That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn't be any acting. You should just be watching a real person.
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Film still looks way better than digital.
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As an actor, I want to do something I will be remembered for. I think Maaya is that kind of film.
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My favorite films are ones that have my lines in it, and I like those lines. And I like to hear them.
