Anubhav Sinha Quotes

I know the movies that I've liked, and I know the experience that they've given me, so the goal is always to try to create a movie that I would like myself and that would knock me out, challenge me or intrigue me in some way. That's been my criteria for figuring out what I want to do, or also when I'm writing something or creating a scene.

For me, storytelling is the most interesting part of movie making.

The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive.

With directing, you've got to find something and drag it up from its inception, and I'm at the early stages of doing that again. There's something all-consuming and addictive about that.

There's got to be something you want to tell and that's the engine which spurs all of the work you have to do in order to create the story, but you have to love some sort of nugget of what you're telling to be a filmmaker.

If it were all in the script, why make the film?

Filmmaking is such a collaborative medium.

To make a documentary is one thing, to make a feature film is quite another.

You're always just trying to make your film, tell the story you're trying to tell - best you can, you know.

Movie-making is a very creative medium of expression.

All the excitement is during the making of a film. Once I'm done with it, I switch to my next project and am excited about that.

I want to do films that provide entertainment, but are also content-driven.

As a director, what I'm trying to do is to create interesting stories.

Film is definitely a director's medium. They're responsible for the look and everything, and you're a part of that process as an actor, and you try to contribute to the story. But I think it might sound a little pretentious for me to say I think of myself as an artist. I think of myself as a creative person.

I've always seen it to be a privilege to make movies. It's a really expensive, creative medium.

The thing is, as a film director, you're essentially alone: You have to tell a story primarily through pictures, and only you know the film you see in your head.

Hollywood has its own way of telling stories. I was just telling stories that I was familiar with. And it's what I want to do in the future: I want to take my audio cinema and put it on the screen.

Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it.

I was attracted to filmmaking in college because of my love of storytelling. You can have such an impact and reach a broader audience than conventional journalism.

The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.

Everybody is always trying to make the best movie they can. It's a process.

The directing of a picture involves coming out of your individual loneliness and taking a controlling part in putting together a small world. A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on. And one day you die. That is all there is to it.

Every movie has its uniqueness. You just do your best and go with it.

Sure, you always put some of your own experience into a film.

It's not a film-maker's job to explain his technique, but to tell his story the best way he can.