Dev Anand Quotes

It takes two years to make a good film.

I like to direct movies, but I don't like to goof around for eight years talking about it.

Eventually one day I want to direct, but as of right now my next cap that I'm looking for is the producer cap.

'Alice' took over two years to make and took a great deal of planning, obviously much more than usual. We spent so much more time prepping the film, and that was unique for us.

When you make your first film, there is a hell of a lot to think about, and you've got to have a gut understanding of your material.

Working on a film is so great because you have the luxury of more time when you're on a movie than when you're on television.

I want to make my own movie.

While shooting for 'Kodi' at Pollachi, I got this new idea for 'VIP 2'.

Producing a film is not an easy job at all.

I have become a full-fledged producer. I spend a lot of time on pre-production work.

I have a notebook, and I know what decisions will be made in pre-production. Everything is pre-determined in the pre-production period. I visually design the whole thing, and I know when things will happen.

A movie goes from several stages, from idea to script. As you continue shooting, you will make some adjustments. You're constantly adjusting. It's like a piece of music. You're constantly trying to make it better.

Movies are in a much longer production conversation before an actor is even involved. I always thought of actors as the last piece of the puzzle - so you're a tool.

The average development time for a Hollywood movie is nine years. Nine years for a studio film. And a lot of what you do is abstract.

The organization that it takes to make a movie like 'Star Trek' is amazing, intimidating and fascinating.

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.

I'm anxious to make another film.

I've produced a couple of films and really enjoyed starting it from the very beginning and seeing it all the way through to the end; that was very gratifying.

I've been involved with some huge studio projects that have been bloody awesome. It all starts with a great script, doesn't it?

Making a movie is a lot of problem solving.

Film, for me, is in two stages. One is when I write the script more or less on my own - that's the nice bit. And then comes for me the unpleasant bit when they all go off, 100 people - actors and camera people and film and sound - and I stay away. When they go into the editing room, I come in again, and that's the bit I like.

There are so many decisions in making a movie.

Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted to do, and frankly I don't think I was ready to do a big production like this.

Comedies are just never that expensive quite frankly. They really aren't. We aren't doing green screen shooting, so even Hangover II in Bangkok might seem like it's expensive, you're flying over and back, but they're just not that expensive to make when you do it the way we do it which is very focused and I've done it before.

You could get in rehearsals, pre-production, anything that would actually contribute to the understanding of how a film gets made. I actually find those things increase people's interest in a movie and like that better than worrying about showing the tricks behind the curtain.