Karthik Subbaraj Quotes

There were certain films where I went, 'Oh, my God, I'm doing a movie.'

I got to work with Dustin Hoffman on a film called 'Billy Bathgate.' I got to work with Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn and Bob Zemeckis on 'Death Becomes Her.' There are still a few actors out there that I would like to work with.

Every actor wants to direct.

I love actors. That's my bread and butter, and I got to work with some amazing ones on '12 Years'.

I was hoping for it to be possibly a movie career as I still would like to see that happen. I enjoyed making 200 Motels and did try out for a few things when I lived in LA, but nothing ever happened. I'm still hoping though.

If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.

I'm not one of these actors who feels a pressing need to direct, and I have no plans to do it.

I really admire actresses like Meryl Streep; I would love to have a career like hers.

I want to act for the rest of my life - and I also want to pursue directing. Watching Bill Condon direct 'Twilight' kind of made me think, 'OK yeah, I really want to do this now.' This idea that you can make an image in your head and be in full control of how it comes out - I thought that was really cool.

To be honest, I have never thought about getting into direction.

Maybe at 55, I would like to direct. I will go the Angelina Jolie way.

I would love to work with Dustin Hoffman, John Malkovich, Omar Epps, Martin Scorsese, Josh Mond, Woody Allen, Paul Thomas Anderson, and David O. Russell, just to name a few. Those guys are absolutely brilliant at what they do.

I don't consider a lot of actors that I really admire movie stars.

I loved doing casting because I love actors, and I am very conscious of what actors do. But I always wanted to be a producer.

I would love to continue acting. Maybe one day I would like to try writing and directing.

I think I'm an actor. You can hire me. I can do a good job. But you also have to get lucky now and then. Every film-maker knows how hard it is to do a good film. You have to just make many, and see how lucky you get.

Well, I'd love to work with Kate Winslet - she's amazing.

You know, I really wish now I'd had the nerve to become an actor. Because I'd have been Robert Redford, no question.

I thought that Hollywood was just for geniuses and that directors come from three generations of directors. I was worried that I was not up to the challenge of making a movie. Then realized that all a director has to do is know what he wants to do.

When you get to work with people like Ian McKellen or directors like Peter Jackson, you sit and watch.

I would love to direct some day. It's a good job for a control freak.

Courteney Cox is such a great actress.

I'd love to direct more.

By the time I was 21, I knew what I wanted to do, and that was to direct films.

But for me, personally, I didn't have any ambitions to become an actor. I'm interested in getting behind the camera.