There are an enormous amount of techniques I wanted to beta test in television. You can't take those risks on a $100 million movie.

My philosophy is very simple. I want my fans to come to theatres and watch my films and enjoy. I ensure that they get their money's worth.

I guess whatever the director's energy is is kind of contagious on set, because, um, you know, it's a hierarchy, and we're all kind of looking to the director for guidance.

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.

If your director knows what he wants on screen, it makes things easier.

A lot of what a composer does has to do with storytelling, and there are different ways of fusing music with picture to express different storytelling ideas.

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've come to a point where I am less nervous when I am supposed to start a film. I am still super nervous on the day but I've lost a lot of my fear about what kind of perception people have about my...

I'd be absolutely happy to go back and make a smaller picture. I never want my choices to be dictated by budget. That's one of the reasons why I take so much pride in being able to make films for $2...

'The Watch' is first and foremost a comedy, but since I got to shoot the film using elements from the sci-fi genre, I wanted to make sure the alien didn't look goofy. I got to make a real alien that...

I have three sons, and the oldest wants to play pirates all the time. It has all these associations of living some kind of very free life. It's interesting for me as a filmmaker to show a whole...

I've made movies that cost less than one car chase.

I do feel like in filmmaking you are largely in control of the perception of you. If you want to be seen as the comedic person you've got to write a comedy and go after that.

I will surely love to direct a film. It could be a short film as well.

An editor does not just join shots. He creates emotions out of the shots.

I don't think I can speak of the achievements of Indian cinema because it's so large next to me. It's not stopping. It's ever-growing. We are going towards the right direction. We are evolving as a...

I'm better suited to be a director, I think. I see myself as the general author. I hate the word 'auteur,' because it sounds so solitary when filmmaking is anything but solitary.

Exterior shots showing blue skies add a levity and brightness to each show.

What makes Broken Lizard, I think, is our timing.

A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.

You have to strike a balance between imprinting the film with your voice, and trusting these amazing, talented people you've hired to do great work.

'Bombay Velvet' is my most romantic film, it's my 'Titanic' or 'Gone With The Wind.'

'Little Miss Sunshine' snowballed. It was a tiny movie. We shot it in 30 days, and it was really fun to do, but it was one of those small movies that you don't hold out huge hope for.

I think even back as far as 'Lord of the Rings,' there was always the chance that 'The Hobbit' would be made, even way back then. Of course at that point, Peter Jackson didn't probably think at that...

My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you've got to be a filmmaker.

What I look for in a script is something that challenges me, something that breaks new ground, something that allows me to flex my director muscle. You have got to think fast in this business, you've...