Sanjay Dutt Quotes

Technically, maybe I learned most of all from George Stevens, and among his movies I learned the most from 'A Place in the Sun.' It's a lesson in moviemaking.

I have always believed that directing a film is like telling a story. You have to tell it well so that it is appreciated.

I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of the trades necessary to make a movie.

As the director of a film, as the story teller, you have to keep your voice alive.

I never really saw myself as a comedy director, and I still don't. I see myself as a director.

Directing is a tremendous art.

In my opinion, the motion picture is the greatest medium of expression ever invented. It embraces all the other arts. The films that have the greatest unity, the greatest overall strength, and give the most satisfaction to the viewer, have been those in which a guiding hand was imposed in every section of the film's many divisions.

Most screenplays depend primarily on the vision of a director.

As a director you have to be careful you don't over-design the film. You have to be careful that the period aspect does not take over.

I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the films, not to act.

I think the worst that can happen in filmmaking is if you're working with a storyboard. That kills all intuition, all fantasy, all creativity.

I've consciously taken on material that's a bit too much for me but not an overreach. The first movie, just about performances. 'The Town,' I learned how to work broader material, develop tension, direct bigger scenes, action sequences. 'Argo,' I experimented with film stock, widened the scope of my geography.

Directing was easy for me because I was a writer director and did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay.

I'd come into filmmaking as a painter so, for me, making 'Good Will Hunting' was experimental because I didn't know how to do it.

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

Everything a director does must help the story and the performances. Otherwise, it is useless.

Once I sign up for a film, I just go by the director's instructions.

In a nutshell, directing 'The Gift' was all about understanding how the complex machine that is 'Game of Thrones' works.

Filmmaking is a creative process so there is a lot of collaboration that happens on set between an actor and director, but at the end of the day, we're there to actualize the director's vision and things happen organically.

I haven't thought about getting into production. I'm interested in the creative aspect of storytelling.

Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes.

Films are neither true nor false. That includes my films, as well as others. They may make claims that are true or false, but films are too complex. They have too many ingredients.

My two great loves when I'm shooting are working with great actors and composing images.

Having learnt my basics in theatre, I always feel film is a collaborative effort. If you do your part well and help the person in front of you in realising his or her potential, the film invariably comes out good.

When I write a screenplay, and when I direct, I always pull lines out.