Rajiv Menon Quotes

I still want to direct. That's my main love, and that comes from being obsessed with subtleties and people.

As the director of a film, as the story teller, you have to keep your voice alive.

Directing is a tremendous art.

Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films.

Film is a very intimate medium.

The storytelling in a movie is in the cut; it's in the edit. It's not an actor's job, really. Your job is such a tiny little thing, and I love the feeling of juggling or tightrope walking.

It's a director's job to tell a story and he's very well versed in telling stories with a bit of comedy in them and keeping the pace of the movie right and that's exactly what he did. He was observant of a world he didn't understand but he told a wonderful story.

I discovered that, in order to write a magnificent piece, you should shoot the images because once you are filming, you are writing the script in your mind.

Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes.

When I write a screenplay, and when I direct, I always pull lines out.

Since I was a child, I've liked telling stories. Maybe because my father's a director, I grew up loving stories. I'm not good at spinning them at a dinner table because I do go on a bit, but I love writing them, and directing is just a way of editing the story.

Technically, maybe I learned most of all from George Stevens, and among his movies I learned the most from 'A Place in the Sun.' It's a lesson in moviemaking.

I have considered the directing, actually. Not so much the writing. That is not really interesting, but the directing is really interesting to me.

I think film, to me, as a director, is about telling a story.

I love the grandiosity, how sweepingly entertaining films can be. And I think there's a place for films that pry more into the human condition.

I have always believed that directing a film is like telling a story. You have to tell it well so that it is appreciated.

I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move!

Directing was easy for me because I was a writer director and did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay.

I want to direct. Definitely a goal of mine.

Just telling a story. That's cinema. It's not silent, black and white. It's a simple story that's well made.

I always want to be telling stories in whatever fashion I can, and directing is really just understanding and learning a different element of that storytelling process.

Everything a director does must help the story and the performances. Otherwise, it is useless.

I would love to direct - or try my hand at it, anyway.

I've always wanted to be a director; it's just how my mind has always worked. If I hear music, I see music videos and all the shots and setups to edit it all together. If I interact with a person, I'm seeing a whole scene come to life.

The key to making good movies is to pay attention to the transition between scenes.