Priyamani Quotes

My main aim has always been to do good quality films with roles that have some substance. With Power and Beauty there were loads of things that I liked about the movie, which made me opt for it.

Because I've made a film with such an amazing director as Tarantino, I'm much more conscious of working with good directors from now on, so that's what's important to me. I don't really care about making a big movie - I just want to make good ones.

I'm not going to take something based on budget and do something just for the sake of it. I want to make good films.

I don't want to shoot myself in the foot when it comes to getting work. But I'm just not as interested in most of the films that are made in the States. The characters aren't as compelling. The stories aren't as substantial.

I've always felt that I wanted to make a Marvel film... I just want to make sure I'm not making an episode.

I don't really care about making a big movie - I just want to make good ones.

In film, I believe things should either be documentary or drama.

We can't put up a movie that looks beautiful but doesn't have substance.

I could have signed 10 films after 'Jai Ho,' but those films would have done nothing for me. I wanted to wait for the right project.

When you watch the films that I'm inspired by - from the '60s and '70s - it's not about the special effects: it's about the story; it's about characters and relationships.

I know the volume of my work is less and I would have wanted to do more films. But I can't do just any role. That's the reason why I have done less crappy films.

I don't believe in doing 20 films a years and being on number one, number five or anything that kind.

Visually, I want to try everything. But I believe that every shot of my films really expresses what I think about the story and the character. The most important thing is the story, not the images.

I will always endeavour to bring out the best films.

If I like a script, I will definitely pick films of different genres, but I won't do something just for the sake of it.

Event cinema is what it is, and I understand why it's successful. It started with things like 'Jaws,' which are extraordinary movies. But what we've lost are great character films which are beautifully directed and had great movie stars in them. Films that were about something rather than about spectacle.

All the films that I have signed or I intend to sign are purely on the basis of merit of what the films are about.

To make 'Sound of My Voice,' we had to conceive the entire world and understand it holistically. If you want to show less in a movie, you've got to figure out more.

It's never been my goal to do 'big' films because a big film in itself is not very interesting to me.

There's no certain type of cinema, but there's a certain type of promise every film comes with. The agenda is to keep an eye on quality and live up to that promise.

I think every actor worth his or her salt wants to do good, meaningful cinema.

I always try and do good films.

Earlier films were meant only for entertainment, but now filmmakers, who are products of these times, do not compromise on real stuff. That is why storytelling has become more convincing.

I was waiting for good films after 'Fugly' released. My second film was important. I kept waiting, and the period strengthened me. I would rather wait and do something worthwhile than take up bad films.

I choose roles according to my sensibilities.