Radhika Pandit Quotes

Larry Kasdan is a great director.

I really, really love directing films.

When I'm doing theatre, I prefer to be doing cinema. When I'm doing cinema, I prefer to be doing theatre.

I loved cinema while growing up and, for the longest time, wanted to be a director.

Film has played such a big part in my life, in my impressions of the United States.

I think the atmosphere on set really comes from the material, but also the director.

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

There's no doubt that some of the greatest films ever made have come from the theater. It's all a matter of finding a way to make the theater experience watchable on film.

I would like to write a movie and, if it wasn't too crazy, also direct.

A filmmaker has to have faith in talent.

Story is the primary factor any day. If I believe that a particular director would do justice to it, I will accept an offer.

Craftsmanship and logic is key to any movie-making.

I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can direct a film.

I would recommend that any writer get off their ass at least once and just try it. Directing is a completely different set of muscles. It also affects your writing because, once you start directing, you tend to write your scripts with directing in mind.

I always wanted to do a movie, because I love the movies. They give you a chance to have an intimacy with your audience that is different from stand up. With movies, you can bring the audience in with a close up, and emote in a different way.

I have to say that as an actor, I really look for the role. I'm not really looking to see if it's for television or film, because there are highly talented people in both mediums.

I'm always looking for other interesting films to either act in or direct.

I want people to go to the movies. I am the man of the spectacle. I'm playing.

Cinema is a medium that can translate ideas.

A good script makes our job a lot easier.

My film career was always to support my theater career.

I'm someone who has a singular goal in making films: I want to tell a story. There are certain stories that I want to tell.

I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells... Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.

I think when I got drawn to film, I didn't know it was a business. I mean, like most filmmakers, I probably saw more films than a lot of people when I was a kid. But I watched them on TV as well. I was no purist about it. I spent lots of time in movie theaters, but I also watched a lot of films on TV.

I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker.