Sajid Nadiadwala Quotes

You have to make films you feel strongly about. And then hope you can find the audience.

I started making films purely based on what I would like to see.

We make films that we ourselves would want to see and then hope that other people would want to see it. If you try to analyze audiences or think there's some sophisticated recipe for success, then I think you are doomed. You're making it too complicated.

I like to do films that I would want to go see, basically. I'm not out to make a fast buck.

When I sit down and make videos, my No. 1 thought is that I want to make a video that I want to watch.

You'll go mad trying to figure out what people want. I don't bother. I write the stories I want to read.

I try to make my music interesting to me first, then hopefully other people will find it interesting, too.

I want to make movies that I want to see, and what I miss and I'm not seeing.

I only make movies that are interesting to me.

When I make movies, I don't ever go out there to please anyone other than myself. I never try to make a film for the masses. I just try to tell my story.

When I write a book... it's the same essential approach to music as with books. It has to be something I want to hear or read. Hopefully the audience comes along, since that's the only way you can write righteously. I have to ask, 'What do I want to hear?' not 'What do people want to hear?'

I only make movies I want to go see.

I don't make films to win prizes. I make films to make films.

You hear it said time and time again by successful directors: You have to make a movie for yourself. Don't make it for anyone else.

I just make music that I love. I'm kind of selfish when I make music. I'm like, 'Do I like this?'

As an artist, you have to do what you feel passionate about. It has to be something you can connect with.

I do films that amuse me and I can enjoy watching.

If you can't write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.

I am my own audience. I always picture me and my mates and think, 'What would we enjoy listening to?'

Every show I've ever, you know, produced, essentially it's the show I want to watch myself.

My purpose is to entertain and please myself. I feel that if I am entertained, then there will be enough other readers who will be entertained, too.

I try to please myself. I don't try to anticipate what people want to see.

I don't care what people do. I don't care how people remember my albums. I do them for my own reasons.

A film can be big or small - I have to just fall in love with it. To connect with the character, the script, and the director. Sometimes they say to you, 'You should do that for your career; it's a big thing, people will go and see it,' but I wouldn't be able to, because my heart wouldn't be in it. I would drive people quite mad.

Write a book you'd like to read. If you wouldn't read it, why would anybody else? Don't write for a perceived audience or market. It may well have vanished by the time your book's ready.