Sanjay Leela Bhansali Quotes

With 'Bajirao Mastani,' we have created history.

How stupid do you have to be to imagine that you can turn 'The Lord Of The Rings' into a film script?

I always write these movies that are far too big for any paying customer to sit down and watch from beginning to end, and so I always have this big novel that I have to adapt into a movie as I go.

'Rob Roy' was a great adaptation. It was a lot better than 'Braveheart.'

I can't imagine David Lean justifying why he went to the desert to shoot 'Lawrence of Arabia.'

'Braveheart' is one of my favorite movies, and to be part of an epic sprawling period film is on my bucket list: something with some grandeur to it, a really awesome score, something that's just kind of moving, you know.

I absolutely loved 'The New World.'

I am interested in biographical stories. Seldom are good biopics like 'Maha Nati' being made.

We are definitely modernizing 'The Three Musketeers' without compromising the fun of shooting a period piece. But in our film, corsets and feathered hats don't take center stage. Our version is rich in eye-popping action, romance, and adventure.

I feel like every time I do a video I say I want to make it like a movie, I want to make it very entertaining. So I start to just scan in my brain for what I haven't done before so I can do something unique and ridiculous, and what that song means.

Writing with a film in mind - writing like a screenplay - is a sureshot recipe for disaster.

TV does not offer much for the male lead actors, but I was lucky to act in shows like 'Chandragupta Maurya,' 'Rab Se Sohna Isshq,' 'Gunahon Ka Devta,' and 'Rangrasiya.'

It's fairly common to get something optioned but really rare to actually see it become a movie.

After starting with 'Premam,' asking director Chandoo Mondeti to do a remake was a mistake because he has much more potential and creative ability to direct.

Polar' is based on the first and a little bit on the second book and all the characters from those novels are in there. The story is based on the graphic novel, but when it came to the execution of the film I felt I couldn't really make a movie without any dialogue.

I love when people say 'Imitation Game' is such a crowd pleaser.

'Bloodless' reminded me a bit of 'Les Miserables' when it first came out.

Every time we make a movie, 'Guardians' included, 'Black Panther' included, 'Infinity War' included, we just feel lucky to be making that movie, and that's basically what the focus is on.

I had to forget a lot of 'Star Wars' when I was making 'Dune.' It wasn't hard, though.

I left a lot of personal stuff out of 'Donnie Brasco.'

To make three films out of one shortish book, they have to turn it into an epic, just as 'Lord of the Rings' is an epic. But 'The Hobbit' isn't an epic: its tone is intimate and personal, and although it's full of adventures and excitement, they're on a different scale to those of the bigger book.

I remember going to the university film club to see 'The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp' one night and being bowled over. It was one of the most beautiful films I'd ever seen. And it felt so personal.

If you can connect with the audience emotionally, that's potent storytelling.

To see my story turned into a movie is mind-blowing.

The frustration of a movie is that you are creating a new business every time you go off to make one, and in a funny way, that's what's exciting.