Gautam Rode Quotes

I always say film is art, theater is life and television is furniture.

I think that cinema and television have nothing in common. There is a breaking point between photography and cinema on the one hand and television and virtual reality on the other hand.

My plays are always pushing towards cinema anyway. They're down and dirty, real and more fun.

I feel like theatre gives me the grounding, and keeps me alive, basically. Film gives me the thrill, and it's like a one night stand. But I do enjoy being around people who love it so much.

Cinema is a territory. It exists outside of movies. It's a place I live in. It's a way of seeing things, of experiencing life. But making films, that's supposed to be a profession.

I think film is the best medium to inspire people. It's a combination of image, dialogue, and music, which can make for a powerful message or a simple escape.

Television has some lovely aspects to it - and some ghastly aspects - but the theater itself was a wonderful invention.

The theatre fulfills, whereas the cinema is empty.

I didn't want people to sit there and watch 10 minutes of film, and all they write about is 48 frames.

For so many filmmakers, cinema is a means to an end.

I love doing television; it's such a brilliant way to tell a story over six hours rather over the two hours of doing a movie.

I don't any longer make any quality judgement between theater and cinema. They are different experiences for the audience, and they also are for the actors - although they have a lot in common.

It doesn't matter if it's black-and-white. If a movie has a story that is filled with emotion, you can have as much pleasure, and it's very good for cinema.

I love theatre because that is my foundation. So, if I had to make a choice in terms of where I get the most fulfillments, it would be theatre. The reaction is so immediate, unlike with TV and film.

There are all kinds of ways that people present their films, but that's kind of a good feeling, if you can make it seem like the characters are really there.

I think you can lose yourself more easily in a film than in the theater.

I wanted to make a film that was sophisticated and emotional, but for a wider audience.

I always feel in movies, I don't know if it's because I'm jaded, but I always feel like we don't go far enough.

The publicity machine for films and television is so much bigger than for theatre.

There's more than one way to do TV just like there's more than one way to do widescreen movies.

In TV the main purpose is to have them keep their hands off the dial. In movies, where you have a captive audience, the opening is intrinsic to the film.

I love theatre because of the audience. It feels risky. But I love film because it travels to the whole world. To an audience I don't see.

Make movies that you want to go and watch in a theatre.

The whole purpose of filmmaking is to entertain the viewers and when it happens, it gives you a high.

My films are like drinking a good beer, but pleasure doesn't mean that it cannot change someone's point of view.