Rony Abovitz Quotes

We are filmmakers, and we are specifically trying to entertain people.

I see myself directing, writing, doing my own TV shows and movies.

In India, film sets are like a family atmosphere.

Filmmaking is a huge privilege; it's not brain surgery. It's art, and art is supposed to be an enjoyable process, and it is an enjoyable experience for me.

I don't make movies because I love to act. I make movies because I like to make movies, and I like to be a part of that process.

I plan on continuing to explore all the possibilities of technology, and then finally film and television and movies. Embrace it.

Film, as far as I'm concerned, is my area of artistic endeavor, so I never think of a movie that gets released as being all done-it's just when they took it away from you.

We all need to be huge supporters of the theatrical documentary.

Making films is my hobby. It relaxes me; it is my life, and it's one of the best jobs in the world. I go to work and solve problems, fight robots, kill aliens, and kiss beautiful women. I'm a very lucky man.

I want to act for the rest of my life - and I also want to pursue directing. Watching Bill Condon direct 'Twilight' kind of made me think, 'OK yeah, I really want to do this now.' This idea that you can make an image in your head and be in full control of how it comes out - I thought that was really cool.

I hope to bring fresh ideas to the big screen.

Now I do perhaps three films or 17 TV movies a year.

The first time I went behind the camera was in 1993. I felt, 'This is my thing,' and I knew that someday I'd make a feature.

I want to be part of movies which set benchmarks for a new kind of cinema.

Even if it flops, when you're sitting at the drawing table, you dream about seeing your work on the big screen, no matter what.

All I want to do is to make movies that are appealing to people.

I have always believed that facilitating good, unusual content should be one of my prerogatives as someone who has spent half his life in cinema.

I'm a filmmaker first, nothing else matters.

Before I became an actor, I was a producer and a visual effects supervisor. Our industry wasn't making the kind of films I was interested in.

I don't watch a lot of films. I'm usually involved in making them.

My father did think I should get interested in television. But I had very little interest in television and it wasn't something I wanted to do. I really never thought about going to work on big feature films in Hollywood. But when we made The Householder, Columbia Pictures bought it. Who would have ever imagined?

There are so many filmmakers who are so talented, and actors and writers who work so hard, and it's really hard to let your work enter the world.

I'm a big fan of the Pixar movies, and Ed Catmull, who wrote a book about his experiences producing them, talks about how it takes three or four years to get it right.

I have great people surrounding me and helping me out. I'm totally in love with directing movies and I hope to do more of it.

I always wanted to make this film or another film. I thought the worst thing you could do was to react to Slumdog's success in some way. I thought it would be really foolish.