Greg Sestero Quotes

There's no wrong way to experience a film.

Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As a kid, my mother used to take me to see really interesting arty films in Los Angeles.

I don't personally do movies for myself and a faction of very cerebral cinephiles - I do it for everybody and wish for the largest amount of people to relish whatever they find they can relish in.

I'm interested in the impact my movies have on people and how it affects them, and what they like and what they don't like - and what they take away from it. What leaves an impression, you know?

I hope we're all kind of influencing each other now to keep the quality up on those things. They seem to be getting better and better and better as there's not only sort of a film geek audience, there's also a general interest in the overall film consuming population.

I don't know if 'Crash' is a good movie or not because I didn't set out to make a movie. Really, what I wanted to do is more of a social experiment.

I do think 'All Is by My Side' is the type of film I'm the most happiest.

Anything that's memorable about a movie is often what a test audience will object to because they're being asked to be experts. They just compare the film they finished watching to all of the other films that they've seen.

I know that movies are basically meant to be entertainment, but I'm not that interested in entertainment.

Well, I consider myself as much as a filmmaker as a moviegoer.

I decided that I have certain taste in cinema and I will take it forward. I know there is an audience for such cinema.

I still think that, uh, the original draft from 'The Room' was brilliant in its own way. It made me laugh, which is - which is a good thing. It got a reaction.

I was criticised for making 'Devdas' so ostentatious. But stark and realistic cinema isn't the only real cinema in this country.

While I feel it's important for films to examine our society, I don't particularly like watching the films that do it.

Reviewers are entitled to say if they liked the screenplay, performance, and execution of a film or not. But when they say things like the film doesn't cater to a certain audience, it leaves people wondering if they should watch it.

I think great movies do promote conversation, great movies are honest, and great movies are sometimes polarizing.

Any film I make, my intention is always to make people like it.

But I don't think as film-makers it is our responsibility that every time we make a film we should be saying something. If you are entertaining people, that's more than enough.

It's difficult sometimes to go and see a show and enjoy it and not go and see a show and critique it.

Peak TV has resulted in beautiful shows that have nothing in particular to tell us about humanity.

A Fantastic Woman' has been seen as very interesting and entertaining. The film has had very good reactions. We are very surprised and delighted how the characters have connected with so many people.

When I walk out of a movie that's actually good, I write emails to anybody I know who was involved with it.

I want to be associated with good entertainment.

I feel proud when my old films are still talked about and 'Zubeidaa' is one of them. It has been directed by one of the great filmmakers of the country, Shyam Benegal.

I don't judge cinema on its box-office success.