Anubhav Sinha Quotes

Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.

Films are not mathematics - that's the first thing you need to understand. At least, that's how I feel. They are not words on paper. Films are made with people, with teams and with individual bundles of creativity coming together to fulfill the vision of an individual who is the director of the film.

In the moment of making films, I want to share my observations of life, not of other films.

The more tools we have directors and cinematographers will be able to express more and create different worlds and feelings. It's like having more instruments in an orchestra.

I tend to write society as I see and understand it.

Art is observing society around you, representing it through your eyes.

My pictures are my eyes. I photograph what I see - and what I want to see.

I just see myself as a guy who's trying to make a film or, make art.

I love being a writer-director. I couldn't imagine directing without writing it. You have to write and tell your stories - that's what directing is to me.

So if we have anything original to offer, it's to speak from our own life about the society we're in.

In film, you have to let go sometimes.

I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation.

Movies are too literal.

I mean, '8½' to me is such a great dissertation on the whole, you know, act of filmmaking and creativity.

I'm not a politician; I'm lucky to be a filmmaker and to be able to express myself through the films I make.

I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.

I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious.

When you make a movie, you can only make the movie that you would want to see.

I don't want to make a film to make a film.

Regardless of the medium, be it television or feature or documentary, I'm not gonna distinguish and worry about my particular canon, whatever that means.

Film has the potential of allowing me to explore my own ideas, which I find very attractive.

This is indeed not only relevant to Documentary but is evident is most type of film making. The film often mirrors the experience, understanding and politics of the director.

It's not that there aren't people who care creatively in the world of television, but there's always a bit more time in making a movie. I always feel films are more of a creative journey.

I'm interested in making films that make people think.

I really ought to try and make a film that's a bit more cynical. But I don't think I'd know how to do it. I think what it is, is that if you're a film director, you're basically there because you enjoy manipulating people's emotions.