Varun Dhawan Quotes

Whatever films I make, the mandate is that it should touch the audiences and engage them from the first scene.

We see films all the time, whether they have access to all kinds of intellectual property or artifacts, and the one thing that they don't get is story. So I think whether you're talking about a biopic or an action film or a science-fiction film that has all the CGI in the world, if you're not trying to connect with an audience, it doesn't really matter.

I think what makes a good action film is a story that gets you involved. Just action, by itself, is not going to work.

That's how you get surprises, because what movies are all about is surprises.

You can sustain visual beauty and innovative visual ideas for a certain length of time, but in a two-hour experience, which is really what movies are, usually audiences - whether they know it or not - most want an emotional connection to character.

At the premieres, I always watch the audience. If a child asks to go to the bathroom, I know I've failed.

If you don't have something that glues the audience to the screen, you're in trouble.

When I was given the opportunity to direct 'Senna,' I decided the film had to work for audiences who disliked sport or had never seen a Formula One race in their lives. It had to thrill and emotionally engage people who had never heard of Ayrton Senna.

I don't have a favorite genre. I love to work and live vicariously through every character. It's all about trying to bring the character to life and get the story across in a way that resonates with the audience. It's always interesting and challenging in a gratifying and unique way.

I'm looking for a charismatic character - somebody who you just want to look at and listen to and whom the camera likes. I'm also looking for a narrative arc: Something is going to happen, and there will be a question that will make you wonder what happens at the end.

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.

With anything, and especially with the pallet of viewers in watching anything on TV and film, you have to entertain them.

Sometimes a movie knows you're watching it. It knows how to hold and keep you, how, when it's over, to make you want it all over again.

You are always hoping that movie audiences are interested in characters and interested in story values rather than just mindless special effects. But you never know.

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

I feel for Veronica Mars so much when I'm watching at home. It is a wonderful story. The writing is consistently funny, biting, charming, heart-wrenching, etc. I also like the look of it. The cinematography - different from any other show.

I firmly believe that emotions are universal, and I know that when they connect with the audience, it works. There is no such thing as an entertaining or a serious film; there are good films and bad films. Good films will always find a vast audience.

I'd say Rob Reiner's 'When Harry Met Sally' is my all-time favorite. It made me realize there's a way of telling a story where the audience is so in love with the characters that they forget you're even telling a story.

When I watch a film, I watch it as an audience instead of thinking as an actor or an intellectual. I see whether it made me laugh, get involved or shocked me at certain points. Something has to stir inside me.

I like finishing a movie and having this living, breathing thing.

I don't think action alone is enough to sustain a film franchise. There are tons of action movies out there that come and go and people don't care about.

My job is to entertain the readers in such a manner that, when they reach the end of the book, they feel like they've gotten their money's worth.

Theater is great because you're able to tell a narrative arc without a break. I think it's more about the material and whether what we get offered is good.

There are all these great TV series; you can watch all these hours and hours of shows and ideas, but there's still something great about a movie that unfolds in a couple of hours, and you have the complete experience.

I'm writing for entertainment. I like people to reach the end and feel they got their money's worth.