Mary Elizabeth Winstead Quotes

It seems that the small movies are a little more risky and cutting-edge. You've got your big commerce and you've got your small films that you're more passionate about.

When I get saturated by commercial films, I'll probably do another film like 'Siskiyaan.' But yes, as a viewer, I really enjoy commercial cinema; so obviously, as an actor, I would love to be a part of one.

When I go and make smaller films, I actually never think about them being made for a smaller audience.

If I'm really considering doing film from now on then that is the smart thing to do, or you can go either way. You can just do the same character over and over again and make a different comedy like over and over again.

I don't want to be typecast as a heroine who does a certain kind of cinema, which is why I experiment with the types of films that I do. But yes, I won't deny that romantic love stories or romantic comedies are what I enjoy doing the most, because as an audience those are the kind of films that I like watching.

Sure I'm leaving the Bee Gees. I'm going into films.

When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead.

I love indie movies. I think that independent cinema is where it's at and where a lot of trends begin. It's where new filmmakers are breaking through.

How did I end up in films with people like Keira Knightley... all these beautiful leading ladies and me - it's kind of shocking.

I had to work out where I was going, what type of films I wanted to make. For that reason, I decided to choose independent productions, less important roles, and I tried theater, too.

I'd rather do movies 'cause I am better at movies, but I do shows 'cause the opportunities have come forward.

The gritty indie films are a lot rarer than the films that aspire to fill multiplexes.

The so-called 'last golden age,' in the 1970s, most of those movies were independent films.

I prefer film and that's what I think I'm gonna put my focus on.

I'm not saying that it's wrong to make huge Hollywood films but it's just a different kind of feeling, a different sort of pleasure.

I think indie films are really important, because they show the studios and the audiences when they see them, great stories. Really interesting, small stories.

The transition from tiny movies to less tiny movies to really big movies has been actually quite seamless in a lot of ways as far as my experience of acting in them.

I'm an actor because of movies like 'Indiana Jones' and 'Jurassic Park.'

I would love to do an indie film, as I've grown to have a more serious side.

Everything motivates me to do my work. Has anyone seen me in any commercial or in anything that is not related to the films? No, because filmmaking and acting is my only work.

Cinema is not part of my entertainment.

I never grew up on a staple diet of Hindi cinema. In fact, when I was a VJ, I was averse to it. Purely because I could never imagine myself being an actor.

I'm just trying to do all kinds of films.

My first love was always direction; I had worked hard as a film-maker but not as an actor.

I hadn't made up my mind whether I had to do Hollywood or Bollywood films because I loved both, and I grew up on both. So I am glad that Bollywood chose me.