Nawazuddin Siddiqui Quotes

I gravitate much more toward realism, realism in the work that I do, but magical realism got me hooked on film. I think it was my first time realizing that there was something besides popcorn movies.

Always when you are doing films, the themes swallow you in one way or another.

I can watch films and say how technically beautiful they are, but I'm not impressed by any technicality.

I'll say, what makes me happy about making movies is, every once in a while through movies we find a kind of honesty. There's an honesty in fiction that's as effective or even more powerful than the honesty of our lives. We can find something that's genuinely true, like a chemistry between people or a statement that speaks to an audience.

In a film, you have to externalize things that are internal and of course it becomes a debate about to what extent you do that.

I love the grandiosity, how sweepingly entertaining films can be. And I think there's a place for films that pry more into the human condition.

For me, with me, making a film is always about humanity.

Americans think cinema is about storytelling; I don't believe that. I think it's a language and everyone has to find their own way of speaking. It's not so much what you say as the way you say it.

I'm not a fan of any genre but am a fan of movies that are intelligent and/or funny. That goes across all genres: a horror movie, a zombie movie, alien invaders, chick flick, or raunchy comedy. If it's well done, I'm a fan.

If you mention any ideological thing about shooting 'Last Tango in Paris,' I was thinking I was doing a political film.

I'm a huge fan of world cinema, because each country uses cinema in a very individual way.

Each of our collections is like a movie. We write the script, and this Sicilian woman who has traveled around the world plays the lead role.

What I like about film is it explores imperfections.

There's so many films from around the world, I emphasize, that are so beautifully photographed, but they don't get the recognition.

If it's a drama or comedy, it doesn't matter to me. I just want to like the writing.

I don't want to do a history lesson. I don't think cinema should be about that. Cinema should be about emotions.

In film, I believe things should either be documentary or drama.

Filmmaking is a language where you empathise with human situations. Unless you have empathy for characters, you shouldn't be a filmmaker.

The experience of watching great cinema - great art - is life enriching and spiritually uplifting no matter whether it's about as difficult as it gets, like 'Breaking the Waves,' or as light as it gets, like 'Jerry Maguire,' 'Election' or 'Toy Story.'

I want to do Indian films based on scripts with a universal appeal.

I always wanted to work with Ashutosh Gowariker because of the interesting ways in which he depicts stories in his films.

I feel lucky to be able to work with such great filmmakers on such wonderful stories.

When I started working in Mumbai, I was interested in working in the indie and niche spaces, as they do make really good cinema, driven by good stories. But then, I decided to explore everything possible.

When I shoot a film, I take my camera and put it among the characters and let it show you their world, their problems, their happiness and the little things that matter to them.

I love indie movies - I feel they can really allow you to develop a character.