Freida Pinto Quotes

India as a film-making nation has gained recognition, at last, at most important Western and Far Eastern forums.

If people ever stop making films about India, I'd never work again.

I am happy making the films I make and I would like the West to be impressed with what we do from India.

Indian cinema seems to be growing very well at its own pace.

My dream is to become a director. I want to direct a Hindi film. I have two scripts ready. One of them is a fantasy-adventure, while the other is a thriller. I've assisted my brother Selvaraghavan, who's a well-known director in Tamil cinema. I've also made short films.

Unfortunately, I know very little about Indian cinema. I know we have Bollywood... But my knowledge about it is very little.

Directing a film in Hindi is definitely on the cards.

I grew up hearing about Raj Kapoor and K. Asif and the way they used to make films lavishly. We are dream merchants and we have got to sell dreams, which are lapped up by all.

I would be stupid to say no to Bollywood. It is the biggest film industry in our country.

Movies play a very important part in my life and I think the most number of films are made in India.

The perception that 'Indians can't make superhero films' needs to change. We can make superhero films in the budgets given to us.

Who does not want to work in Bollywood?

It is a great feeling to be working in Bollywood where films are made with much larger scope.

Bollywood works as hard as regional cinema makers.

There have been a bunch of Indian films in English that found an audience.

I hope to work in Indian films again. I would love to.

Cinema in India is growing big time and people abroad have started recognising us.

There is no such thing as serious cinema in India.

I used to get upset with the word Bollywood, and what it means in the West. The stereotype of us being dancing, singing, puppet showgirls. Indians are nearly one fifth of the world's population; we have one of the most prolific film industries in the world. When people used to ask me about it, or replicate what they think is Bollywood dancing, thinking that they're being funny, I used to get offended. But now I show them the stuff we do.

I am so excited. I love IIFA. I think it's great to meet all the people from your fraternity in one place, that too out of the country.

I would love to win an Oscar one day. That would be a very wonderful thing. But in the meantime, I really hope that I make films I'm proud of. A lot of people aren't going to like the movies I make, I'm sure. But as long as I'm proud of the movie and I'm not selling out, and I'm doing things that make me happy and make me grow as an actress, I'll be good.

The only time I go on the set is when I have a cameo to do in the picture. I go to the set and I do my little cameo and I meet all the people. It's a great way to spend the day. And then I go back to my own world.

Film is a collection of many mediums and collaboration and you're only as strong as the people you're working with - and everybody owns their mediums.

I wonder whether my bleak-o-meter is set differently from other people's. I have such passion for what I do that I can't see it as bleak. When people use that word, or “grim” or “gritty,” I just think, “Oh, come on, look a bit deeper.” My films don't give you an easy ride. I can see that. The sense I get is that people have quite a physical experience with them. They feel afterwards that they've really been through something.

The technology certainly changes. I think, in terms of making films, that's been the biggest change. But many things stay the same. I mean, there's still stories to be told. There are scripts that give you a good guide and insight into the film.