Rajkumar Hirani Quotes

The difficulty of getting a movie made through a major studio is so extreme that when a movie comes out, everyone should give it four stars because it was accomplished.

I heard about the movie business before I even knew what it was. So I surround myself now with people who are like, 'Can we not talk about movies for an hour?'

What I learned from my go-round with 'In the Heights' is that it's tough to make a movie. In Hollywood, even the people in charge have people in charge.

I shot this wonderful picture called American Saint a couple of years ago, which is still looking for release.

When you think of a movie, most people imagine a two hour finished, polished product. But to get to that two hour product, it can take hundreds or thousands of people many months of full time work.

The movie industry used to be completely accessible. We all knew people in it, and nobody made a big fuss.

The long and short of it is that I am now in a position in England to green light movies, and that's really excellent - not high-budget movies, but movies none the less.

I make little movies, you know, they need all the help that they can get.

Scripts don't get movies made.

The movie business is very twisted, out of site, out of mind, you know.

Maybe there should be less of a mystique around making movies. I just don't think that there's any real mystery there.

We make a lot of movies, and we make them fast.

Hollywood, for me, is the studios. It's a way to produce. It's a different way to make movies, and I never took part in that.

The film industry is actually a tough place to survive.

For every film that I have believed in - from 'Tanu Weds Manu' to 'Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein' - it was very difficult to find producers.

The more I see of the movie business, the less I understand about it. I have no idea what goes on with that stuff.

Movies are an expensive business.

Being in quite a few movies... there's always things that are changing about a film.

The system is not really particularly amenable to filmmakers who write and direct their own work. It's much more about the studio already having a property that has a marketable concept and then hiring the director on board.

I met Robert Rodriguez working on a movie called 'Roadracers.'

Movies are the shadiest business in the world.

So, no, I'm not trying to crack into Hollywood, although I'll make films there if they're good scripts.

Real movie producers aren't this nice.

I spent a long time working in the movies to figure out that kind of acting and also how to write and produce for the screen.

When it comes to turning out movies, I'm for Hollywood.