Urmila Matondkar Quotes

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.'

I think a first-time director always has to convince a lot of people that they're ready to do it.

I am aware that as an actor, I can blame others for the failure of a film, the director, the script, choice of co-stars, timing of the release and so on. But now, as the director, I will have to shoulder all the blame.

I'm prepared to take risks. And every movie that I do is a risk. No one knows what the movie is going out turn out like.

You don't make a film because the audience is ready for it. You make a film because you have questions that are in your gut.

Sarah Vaughan is one of my greatest heroes. She personifies what an artist is all about, taking risks, daring to go beyond the boundaries of safety and convention. It takes courage to share your vulnerability.

Knowing what I do now, I don't know if I'd ever have the balls to go to film school, with no connections and no knowledge of the business side at all.

I'm somebody who takes risks, for better or worse. Fortunately, most of them have been for the better!

It's funny: as a director, there are movies you make because you're passionate about getting your vision across, and you know that you're vision is different than anybody else. In those cases, you take the plunge, and it works, or it doesn't. You make the stylistic choices based on how you feel about the material.

The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.

Producing is so exciting because you can enable things to happen, whether it's like discovering a filmmaker who you're taking a chance on, protecting a battle and driving home at the end of the day just going, 'I'm so glad I stayed late at work and fought hard for that. Had my passion. Won that battle.'

You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don't work out. I know that every now and again I am going to make a movie that won't work.

India needs better producers than screenwriters. No producer wants to invest in out-of-the way scripts.

Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and it's up to us to try to change it... I feel like a preacher! But it's really true. I feel personally responsible for the future of American cinema. Me personally.

A lot of producers cookie cut movies one after another, but I'll be a little more careful, and have the opportunity to be, because I have the acting career to subsidize the producing.

I don't think I ever take huge risks, though I'm not scared of doing so.

The lifeblood of my career has been independent film.

It is my responsibility to the Haitian people not to expose myself to danger except for good reason.

I prefer to believe it's my responsibility if a film of mine works or doesn't work.

Not all of our movies work, but we take shots, and we're able to do that because we really stick to low budgets.

I truly believe that cinema is a collaborative effort, and as long as I get to tell, and be part of, interesting stories and work with genuine people, I don't see any project as a 'risk.'

I think the best directors aren't afraid to ask questions.

There was a time when a studio executive would really love something and have no proof at all that it would work and just do it because they believed in it. That's how 'Star Wars' happened.

I know that I often take risks, but it is always for the purposes of the team.

A product can turn bad, not the production. When you start a film, you feel it will be great. But sometimes, as it progresses, it fails somewhere. You can't blame anyone for that. You can blame only your own intelligence!