I think that, for whatever reason, we've gotten to a place where, particularly in Hollywood, things have to be very pat. Like 'I'm a good guy. I'm a bad guy.'

I think there's a fundamental distinction between character-driven movies that are just really lovely slice-of-life movies and character-driven movies that you remember 20 or 30 years later; the...

I'm not a frustrated concert composer, and the concert pieces I've done have been a small part of my work. What I've sought there is instruction, variation from the demands of film and relief from its...

Directing Suriya is a joy. He was my first and last choice for the role of Capt. Gopinath.

As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I'm severed.

I think comedy directors tend to feel a need to justify the bad behavior, and I just never think that. I like bad behavior, I've always liked bad behavior, I'm a fan of bad behavior, and I don't think...

Of all my movies, I feel that 'Krishna Gopalakrishna' remains one of my best works though it could not be called a box office success. I maintain that it was far ahead of its time.

I think making a good film shot is joyful.

I get so many scripts a day but none of them inspires me. If I get a good inspiring script, then I will be most happy to make it into a film.

After a three-month course in acting, I bagged my first film 'Suraksha' - opposite actor Suniel Shetty.

I've done many different movies in many different contexts.

There's a side that I want to do just like really retarded arty films like parody, pretentious art films that kind of are supposed to have some deep meaning.

Even better, there were established two separate committees deciding on state film funding.

Film and television are just different. Film is cool because it's a complete package. You know the beginning, middle, and end. You can plan it out more, which I like. But with television you get a new...

I never control a film. The film controls me.

I made 'Batman' the way I made every other film, and I've done it to my own satisfaction - because the film, truly, is exactly the way I wanted it to be.

I always like to give and present my actors in a different look.

I used Malta as a location to shoot a lot of my action sequences, and that's because we don't have the kind of setup that Malta Film Studios does. They have a world-class facility.

As much as movies are about the words that you're saying, they're also about what's not said, the silent moments.

Regardless of the medium, be it television or feature or documentary, I'm not gonna distinguish and worry about my particular canon, whatever that means.

I did great things in the theater. I played some nice roles, like in 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' and 'La Vie en Rose.' And I love my role in 'Frantic.'

'The 400 Blows' was so much like my own childhood, it really stunned me.

You have to turn a blind eye to politics in nearly all Westerns.

I don't know how anyone ever makes a good movie. It's a miracle every time.

I like the fact you can spend two hours setting up a scene that will only last a couple of seconds. And I like just sitting around and dozing between scenes!

Ultimately, I'd love to be able to work in film.

I am not in a position to play in action films bashing hundreds of goons with one hand. I feel I am not really fit for high-voltage action films.

Filming a story set in a war zone in the '60s was such a treat, as it gave me so much scope to dive into.

John Huston is more of a creative director than most.

Everything about the movie 'Dope' is real artistry, and everybody put their full hearts and souls into it. It's a passion project; it's not one of those things everybody got paid a million dollars to...