Rajkumar Hirani Quotes

Mani Ratnam is my biggest inspiration.

At the end of the day, you don't remember 'Mother India' or 'Pyaasa' for the business it did, you remember them because they had a good story to tell.

I started out with V Shantaram. But my favourite director has been Gulzar, with whom I did intelligent cinema in movies like 'Khushboo,' 'Kinara' and 'Parichay.'

Take any movie from 'Khamoshi' to 'Black,' I was always clear about my subjects.

In the last ten years of watching films I have found that some of the foreign films I saw affected me most. One American film that stands out for me for its workmanship and artistry is 'Ratatouille.' It was an astonishing effort in filmmaking.

I loved 'About Schmidt'. I like Alexander Payne's work a lot.

I don't use film in the way that the great auteurs do. I use film, the camera, to record as effectively and as perceptive as I am able what I want to say through the actors.

'Barfi!' was a beautiful film. I'm proud to be associated with it.

I saw Mani sir's 'Bombay,' and I wanted to be a Mani sir heroine.

Whenever I used to watch Hollywood films, I used to feel, when would Tollywood make such films?

The way I'm used to telling a story is by looking through the viewfinder and being really close to the actors.

Neeraj Pandey is a very smart director.

'Son Chiriya' is a special film with lovely co-stars and a sorted out director.

I was watching 'Heroine,' and I really liked Kareena Kapoor a lot!

But I'm very keen to work with directors such as Imtiaz Ali, Zoya Akhtar, Farhan Akhtar, Vishal Bhardwaj, Abhishek Chaubey, Anurag Kashyap and Abhishek Kapoor.

Pooja Bhatt is a very good director.

I want to make movies like 'The Upside of Anger,' 'Maria Full of Grace,' old-school films like 'Some Kind of Wonderful' or 'Vision Quest': movies you remember songs and lines from.

I would love to work with anybody who has a good story to tell - Patrick Graham, Vikramaditya Motwane, Anurag Kashyap, Neeraj Ghaywan, Coen Brothers, Wes Anderson. I don't know why I was not considered for that Indian guy's part in 'The Grand Budapest Hotel.'

Karan Johar is absolutely an amazing director. I dream to work with Karan.

I have grown up watching Aditya Chopra and Karan Johar movies. Naturally, I aspire to be a part of their kind of cinema.

Directing a Hindi movie for the first time was easy because Hindi films have been batwing doors for me since 1992.

I am very much open to Bollywood and would love to work in great stories.

'Devdas' isn't a real film. It isn't in the same genre as Mira Nair's 'Monsoon Wedding,' where the camera's presence is so understated it almost disappears.

I had a great time doing Bollywood and Telugu films, and it's been an interesting journey.

I've always admired actors such as Tabu, Nandita Das and Shabana Azmi and I'd like to do the kind of roles that they have done.