Vicky Kaushal Quotes

The more I make films, the more I feel less inclined to talk about them and just let people watch them. I feel that the pictures are telling the story, and I can't really add anything except just talking about the technicalities of what happened on the day.

I'm interested in making films that make people think.

I just want to make films that are personal, but interesting to an audience.

Film is the medium for communicating not just ideas, but things of the heart.

I'm not a purist - I like films that are narrated and films that aren't, films that are beautiful and films that are clumsy but heartfelt. Mostly, I just like a good story and good characters.

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

Film provides an opportunity to marry the power of ideas with the power of images.

When I make a film, the yardstick is my mind. If I laugh at the jokes and feel sad at the serious undersides, then the subject works.

I personally think montages are one of movies' great gifts to everyone. I think they're so much fun and so effective when done right.

As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.

If you decide to direct a film, it's because you have something to say, something to show to the audience.

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

I try and create for the audience something that relates to real-life experience.

What I've realized is that a film operates both on the intellectual and emotional levels, and if you can find a way to tell a riveting story and draw ideas out of that, it's very powerful.

Film is the only language I speak, and I have been lucky to be involved in some great stories. You don't want to preach to people, but you want them to think about why things are the way they are, the history that is there as well as the possibilities.

You can be a smarty-pants director, but that won't matter if the movie doesn't work emotionally as well as intellectually.

We are filmmakers, and we are specifically trying to entertain people.

I think TV is much more the writer's medium and film is about the director and their vision and how you can collaborate with them and see that through to the end. They are so different.

A film has its own life and takes its own time.

A movie is made for an audience and a film is made for both the audience and the film-makers.

Used properly, cinema is the coolest thing in the world.

Cinema is visually powerful, it is a complete experience, reaches a different audience. It's something I really like. I like movies.

Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.

These guys at Fox knew that as a filmmaker, I could always tell different types of stories and each can emotionally connect to a universal audience.

Movies aren't just supposed to be a representation of reality. They're supposed to be an art.