Irrfan Khan Quotes

People are paying a premium to see movies in 3-D, and that's a very big deal. It's never been done before that someone says you have to pay more to see 'Spider-Man' than a romantic comedy.

Movie theaters still exist in spite of all of the alternatives that are available, video and video-on-demand and DVD and streaming video and all of these things.

Let's put it this way: art house theaters are vanishing. They have almost disappeared completely, and that means there's a shift in what audiences want to see. And they have to be aware of that and be realistic. It's as simple as that.

I don't know what it was, maybe the movie theaters in my immediate surrounding neighbourhood in Burbank, but I never saw what would be considered A movies.

Movies began as a communal experience. Even though we now watch them as DVD's, sometimes alone on our computers, mostly in the history of cinema it has been a communal experience.

There are a few directors around who I have some excitement about spending my $7 at the theatre watching their movies.

Movies cater to what the audiences want.

It was a different time in the 1970s. Movies didn't have to make as much money.

Indian cinema will continue to grow, I am very sure.

It's unfortunate that it's not realistic that you can get people to come to a movie theater not knowing anything about the movie.

I don't think we've seen any cinema yet. I think we've seen 100 years of illustrated text.

The idea of a film staying in theaters for a year is something of a fantasy today.

You can't do psychological thrillers. There's no audience. I've heard this. I've heard this from studios.

Toward the end of school I started watching movies. Got a job in a movie theater in Brookline, Massachusetts.

It's weird because movie-making, and especially movie theaters, have always been so old-school, and it wasn't until 3-D that a lot of them were forced to have digital projectors and even digital distribution.

The fact is, it's hard to release movies.

There's guys like me who aren't going to the theater, so distributors are leaving money on the table.

I think I might be one of the only people in America, or at least the only person I know, who saw both 'The Dark Knight' and 'Mamma Mia!' on their shared opening weekend.

Cinema is a worldwide phenomenon.

In Tamil and Telugu, I have to do mainstream commercial films. Irrespective of what I want to do, the audience wants to see me in that 'mass' space.

Mainstream movies used to be more adventurous because people went to them.

Original movies of any size are an endangered species.

How many superhero movies can we have? It seems like there are 19 a week. They're making money, though, and people are going to see them. So, I get it. I understand completely.

Festive seasons are good for releases, but we have to leave some festival dates for other producers to release their films as well. We cannot take away all the holiday releases.

Cinema now can't be just about introspection and atma manthan; such topics won't work.