Amyra Dastur Quotes

Apoorva Raagangal,' 'Moondru Mudichu,' 'Avargal' - these were all my guru K. Balachander's films; I became a hero with these three films.

I am delighted to have won a place in both Tamil and Telugu film industry.

I started off as an assistant director in Mani Ratnam's 'Ayudha Ezhuthu' and 'Yuva.'

Kollywood is my parent film industry. It was here that I was born as an actress and grew as an artist.

In 'Puthran', a film by Jayabarathi of 'Kudisai' fame, I had shared the screen space with veteran Y Gee Mahendra. It is a very challenging role which demanded a lot from me.

Yennai Arindhaal' is perhaps the quickest film in my career.

I took up Tamil films because I'm a big fan of Mani Ratnam. I thought maybe he'll notice me if I act in a Tamil film.

Malayalam cinema has given me the biggest break and has been like a school for me on how to perform.

Arnaud Desplechin invented me as an actor. I never imagined I'd be acting in movies.

The first movie I had a featured role in was Parting Glances.

I started modeling and after a while the photographer Bruce Weber introduced me to Joel Schumacher, who cast me in my first film, and I just fell in love.

One of my goals is definitely break into film, and I want to do action movies as well.

I always wanted to do films. I'd gone to New York early in 1976 and did a lot of theater, but I really wanted to chase the paths of people like Pacino and Lemmon and those guys. Alan Arkin. Film was where I wanted to go.

My grandmother and both my parents worked in Bollywood.

I have grown up watching Bollywood movies, and I would love to act in them.

I already played James Dean in a film called Race with Destiny, but it hasn't come out yet.

Sundance took me on my first film and from there sort of launched my career.

I watched movies and thought, 'I want to be in movies,' and wanted to be an actor.

When I was a little kid, I wanted to be, like, you know, a movie star, you know? Or, I always have interest in movie, you know? Because I like the visual aspect of the movies, et cetera.

Let's put it this way: if I were to direct a feature film, I would not be in it.

I really want to do more movies; that's where my heart is.

My first film that I got right after 'Spring Awakening' was called 'Taking Woodstock,' and Ang Lee was the director.

My career is too short for there to be any turns! But I would say that not everyone is noticed and accepted in their debut films. I was accepted both by the industry and the audience.

The first film I worked in was Dev Anand's 'Hum Naujawan.'Then I went back to school and college.

I'd love to do Tamil movies whenever the right script comes by.