Sangram Singh Quotes

You know, usually with movies there are periods, dark areas, where I might not be getting what I wanted out of a theme. I'll have to go over and over it again.

To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.'

You don't make pictures for Oscars.

I'll do any kind of movie, as long as it's a good version of it.

The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive.

I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.

The film industry has been extremely welcoming to me. It's an industry which is biased to what they think is talent. If they think you can bring value to cinema, they'll support you.

Making a movie is a network of decisions that keep multiplying as you go. You leave a trail of decisions behind you, and that's how you start to see the shape of what you've done. When you get far enough, you turn around and say, 'Ha, that's the movie.' It's only then that you find out if it's going to work or not.

When I directed the third 'Insidious' film I loved it so much that I decided this is what I want to do from now on. I don't even think I would write something as a screenplay now with no intention of directing it.

As a producer, it's your job to bang on the table and convince studio heads why great movies should be made.

I want to do films that provide entertainment, but are also content-driven.

To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script.

A documentary film-maker can't help but use poetry to tell the story. I bring truth to my fiction. These things go hand in hand.

You know, 'Top Gun' was the movie I saw in high school that made me want to be a filmmaker. I remember very specifically coming out of the Century 21 Theater in Colorado from seeing it, and my friend saying, 'What did you think of the movie?' And I said, 'I think I know what I want to do for a living.' That's a true story.

There are some movies that you feel like doing because of the script. Some because it sounds like fun, some because that's the director you want to work with, some because it's a project that you want to be involved with, and some because you will be paid lots of money. But the bottom line is I must feel like doing it.

Be it acting, writing, directing or producing, I love cinema. I love the art of telling stories and I'm happy doing one of the above or all of the above.

I wanted to understand the whole medium and that is when I decided to do television. Once I thought that, I was confident about making a film.

Just because good films don't work does not mean we should stop making them.

You have to be honest about what kind of films you want to make.

I've given 'Bin Roye' everything, and I'm hoping that people enjoy something different coming from Pakistani cinema.

I would love to do a commercial film. But my hero is the script.

Dhobi Ghat' is the only script I actually completed and that I was convinced about wanting to direct.

What drew me into making movies is trying to make characters that step off the screen.

No matter what kind of film one makes, it boils down to whether it's good or not.

Cinema is not just a side show - it is something which is much deeper than that. It is a form of art which needs to be respected.