Anubhav Sinha Quotes

When I was involved with 'Star Wars,' I was very interested in all the backstories, and I used to pepper George with all kinds of questions about anything that crossed my mind, because I was very, very into it. But when the job came to an end, I had to move on.

I hope to land roles where my presence is carried on throughout the film. I'm looking forward to taking on a role with a complicated backstory and yet someone who refuses to lose sight of hope. I know that it will happen someday.

I've made a lot of stupid action films. But when we made The Matrix, we saw that people wanted more than that.

And almost always there has to be change, change in the characters is the journey - it's the story.

I wouldn't take a directing job if I didn't think it was enriching life.

Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change character and life.

What I like writing about are people's relationships, not necessarily great big dramatic things but the smaller things in life and how they affect characters and challenge and change the people that they are. I do like a happy ending, so my books have to have a happy ending.

'Life Aquatic' was the first movie I did, and it's been an incredible adventure since then.

In America, the stories we tell ourselves and we tell each other in fiction have to do with individualism. Every person here is the center of his or her own story. And our job as people and as characters is to find our own motivations and desires, to overcome conflicts and obstacles toward defining ourselves so that we grow and change.

I think everybody goes through changes, and the same should be said for fictional characters, especially ones that you follow on television.

One of the pleasures of being an actor is quite simply taking a walk in someone else's shoes. And when I look at the roles I've played, I'm kind of amazed at all the wonderful adventures I've had and the different things I've learned.

With a lot of comedies, the characters go on a journey, and they come back, and they're the exact same people.

I'm trying to make all the characters change and grow, or regress.

I spent 12 years doing different things in film trying to figure out the story I wanted to tell.

I think happiness comes from self-acceptance. We all try different things, and we find some comfortable sense of who we are. We look at our parents and learn and grow and move on. We change.

Definitely, as I get older and my taste buds change, I want to do different things. I'm not ready for directing yet, you know, maybe when I get my big boy voice; I don't have that yet, but right now definitely producing for sure.

Concentrate your narrative energy on the point of change. This is especially important for historical fiction. When your character is new to a place, or things alter around them, that's the point to step back and fill in the details of their world.

A lot of the films now are more focused on the visuals than on the actors. I think all directors should go to drama school.

You grow up a lot on set, but it doesn't change you.

The thing about this business is that you always end up finding these amazing stories and these amazing people who make amazing films. I just want to work with good people and keep challenging myself with different kinds of characters.

I never knew I was an artist until I did 'Last of the Mohicans'.

I am a big proponent of character arcs that show us how people change over time.

With movies, you can do a lot more roles a lot faster. My favorite thing about acting is taking on new characters. It's fun switching it up at times. No matter what, I feel so honored and blessed to be 16 and already living my dream. It's really special.

What makes a good book and what makes a good movie are totally different things.

The joy of 'Crash' was that it was all about the work. It was my first real part. Before that, it was a line here and there, maybe a scene. 'Crash' was five scenes, a beautiful arc, a little vignette of my own. It really meant something.