Dia Mirza Quotes

I want to entertain people, whether it be with a comedy, a drama or a movie. An idea's an idea.

Never in the history of cinema has a medium entertained an audience. It's what you do with the medium.

I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen.

As an artist, all I want is to be a part of good films.

I have great people surrounding me and helping me out. I'm totally in love with directing movies and I hope to do more of it.

The film I like the best is always the one I'm working on now or next.

I love to produce, and I've directed two short films.

I want to make movies that I want to see, and what I miss and I'm not seeing.

Hollywood is a town; it's not a medium. And cinema is a medium you can practice anywhere.

When you're working on a movie you always hope that people will go for it and enjoy what you're doing.

I love doing comedy, and that's the thing I will always go back to, really, but I'd love to have the freedom to do sort of 'meaty' roles but also have the freedom to do the sort of films I want to make, like what Woody Allen does. You forget he's funny because you're so gripped by the story, but they still make you laugh.

I'm someone who loves to play. I make films so I can have fun with the characters.

My heart is in independent film-making. For me, it's where the fun, gritty storytelling is being told.

I think films are bigger than structure.

I really got into filmmaking through photography.

I just like to act and write and produce. To me, making movies is the ultimate goal.

I just want to make movies. I really love movies. I want to be involved with them.

My movie is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real objects I use, which are killed on film but, placed in a certain order and projected on to a screen, come to life again like flowers in water.

People go to extraordinary lengths to get films made.

I directed some movies in the past, and I'd still love to do that. You know, the whole thing is a labor of love, I think.

I look at the film as an opportunity to see some bountifully creative minds do something that I could not do - tell the story with images. I can't wait to see what they do.

My favorite film is always the one that I most recently worked on.

Sometimes you read a script, and you just think, 'Wow, I would love to go and tell that story, and I don't even care what happens to the film, I would just love that experience.' And often, that mentality makes a great film.

The film industry has been extremely welcoming to me. It's an industry which is biased to what they think is talent. If they think you can bring value to cinema, they'll support you.

I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place.