Ranbir Kapoor Quotes

But you know, as you say, the original versions of my films are getting out there, slowly.

Remakes have been done forever. People talk about 'Scarface' and don't even know it was a remake.

I'm a Turner Classic Movies guy. That's it. I'd much rather sit here and watch an oldie than anything new.

In the past, once a movie musical was made, it was believed that you were left with that version, good or bad, for posterity.

You really can't do a remake. I mean, 'King Kong' needed its turn to be remade. It needed an update. But the 'Bad News Bears,' or 'The Shaggy D.A.,' those are classic movies. I think they did a good job of remaking them, but it's just not the same thing. Nobody can top Tatum O'Neal. It just isn't the same.

My mom loved the old black-and-white films.

What's the shelf life of a 1931 movie? If it still exists, there will always be film buffs and a niche audience who will want to see it. But in terms of people even understanding in common usage, some of the words we use to describe these movies, I don't know how long that's going to last.

I grew up with the classics. My mom and I would sit and watch 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'White Christmas' - those kind of movies.

I am so happy that every generation still tunes into most of the classic and cult films I was lucky to be a part of.

I watch an awful lot of old Hollywood movies - I'll devour anything with Bette Davis or Joan Crawford. My absolute favourite is 'Sunset Boulevard' starring Gloria Swanson.

I love to look at The Graduate, or Lawrence of Arabia, or things I had nothing to do with. But you could not get me to go back and watch movies that it was a privilege just to be around them when they were being made.

I watch old school film so that I can learn so much that I just sort of miss all the new stuff.

I like a lot of classic movies, like, for example, 'Citizen Kane', James Dean movies, etc, etc.

I think most fans of movies that have withstood the test of time don't like for them to be tinkered with. I think that's a pretty general consensus. You like to remember what you started with.

When I was a kid, I used to watch all those Sunday afternoon matinees featuring all the Hollywood greats.

Since the Indian film industry is one of the oldest, and I have grown up admiring all the movies, especially the classics starring Guru Dutt, I would love to work here.

Some films shouldn't be remade.

I like film. I'm old fashioned.

Not all films are going to go down in history.

I'm a big fan of old Hollywood.

If you start watching the oldies, you're in trouble. I feel ancient if "Grand Hotel" or "The Bride Wore Red" comes on. I have a sneaking regard for "Mildred Pierce", but the others do nothing for me.

I am very concerned about our national heritage, and I am very concerned that the films that I watched when I was young and the films that I watched throughout my life are preserved, so that my children can see them.

It would be a dream come true to appear on Turner Classic Movies with Robert Osborne, who is one of my heroes.

I mean they're making remakes of my films and I'm not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake?

If you think of 'Liberty Valance' or 'The Searchers,' there are moments in there that you'll never, ever forget... And it does not matter what century you are from.