Mani Ratnam Quotes

I've worked with a lot of people who have a lot of integrity towards cinema.

In every role that I do - whether I'm a teacher, actor or mentor - I do it with total dedication and as much honesty as I feel is required because there's no alternative to honesty and hard work.

I feel like what I owe my audience is what I'm most passionate about.

You can recognise when a film-maker really, really cares about what they're doing.

I'm just someone who cannot fake it. I can only do something with my full heart invested or just not do it at all.

I don't want to sign four films at a time, as acting is an art, and art cannot be done without honesty.

I've always just focused on the work, and I've just tried to be honest with the work. If the work speaks to people, fantastic.

The whole of my life, what they wanted was honesty. They were not concerned with cultured football, but with triers who gave one hundred percent.

In my heart of hearts, I know that whatever I do is going to have integrity, and I'm going to work really hard, and I know that fans are going to take to it.

When I was doing 'Ordinary People' and 'Taps,' I never wondered if it would have a lasting impression. I was just wanting to make the best film we could and do my part in that and be true to what my responsibilities were.

I think a show can work anywhere if it's done honestly, with integrity, and with confidence.

My focus is my art, and that's what I love to do. I have to be really passionate in order to do something. I've turned down many things that I just didn't believe in.

I actually work at my craft, and I actually want to be the best in my category, and I want to be a true actress. And a lot of people just want fame, and there's a huge difference.

Somehow you can tell the difference when a song is written just to get on the radio and when what someone does is their whole life. That comes through in Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson. There is no separating their life from their music.

Here's how I've lived my life: I've never been late to a set. I make films I believe in. I feel privileged to be able to do what I love.

I just like to do different things. What is more important than the name is that people know that I really like acting, I enjoy it and I want people to know that I am serious.

I just want to give the people 100% of myself as an artist.

I do my best work when I feel conviction to say something through the character I play. Always I want to have integrity and not compromise that.

When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects in the output.

Everything about the movie 'Dope' is real artistry, and everybody put their full hearts and souls into it. It's a passion project; it's not one of those things everybody got paid a million dollars to do. Everybody on there wanted to do it. Everybody there believed in the project, and we just went for it. We all love each other.

My inspiration is always love and history, and my passion to a fault is craftsmanship and responsibility. Those are the simplest things. It goes beyond jewelry. It's every part of my life.

My family has been around campaigns for a long time. It's something you really have to be sure that you alone want to do. Because if not, if you don't want to do it, that will just blow through the surface at some point, and people can tell. And when people can tell, it's all over.

A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner.

Even though I'm known as a pop musician, I have a seriousness about what I do.

The writers I respect the most had an undying commitment to a vision.