Shweta Menon Quotes

When I made 'Hard Boiled,' I had no idea that it would be released to an international audience. I just wanted to make a film to team up my two favorite actors, Tony Leung and Chow Yun-Fat.

I turned down 'Forrest Gump.'

Amitabh Bachchan's role in 'Deewar'… I'd love to do that if someone does a remake.

Nick was cast first in both 'Smashed' and 'Kings.'

Terry Malick offered me three parts in 'The Thin Red Line.' I was busy shooting other movies while he asked me the first two.

I think Spielberg is a master. I think 'Jaws' invented a genre.

In any film business, if you're trying to get your next film made, you would never say, 'Oh, my last film was a cult film.' I'd say, 'Oh, great, well I hope this one isn't!' I always say to Johnny Knoxville, 'How do you do it? You sort of do the same thing we did, except you made millions, and I made hundreds.'

I feel that 'Rudraksh' is Mani Shankar's answer to Steven Spielberg.

It's an honour for me to work with Rohit Shetty. He is the biggest commercial director of the country, making the biggest franchise, 'Golmaal.'

You can never write off a good actor, look at Arshad Warsi, one 'Munna Bhai' and he's back in business.

I don't think I can make a film without Salman. He is in 'Mr. India 2' and also in the sequels to 'No Entry' and 'Wanted.' I'm his new Sooraj Barjatya.

When they made 'Rocky Horror' in the '70s, they had no idea it would become this 41-year phenomenon that it has become.

If you go back and watch 'Saw,' I was very young. I'd never really done anything before.

I was delighted when Ashutosh Gowariker offered me the role of 'Sakina Begum.'

I am doing the remake of 'Bai Chali Sasariye,' which was my debut in the Rajasthani film industry. It became a major critical and commercial hit in the history of Rajasthani cinema.

Even in Malayalam films, I don't mind if I am not cast as hero.

'Boss' is a big scale entertainer... It is my first film of this kind.

Even my first film Poda Podi' was supposed to be remade in Telugu. That was an experimental film.

I am happy that, post-'Aashiqui 2,' I am getting opportunities to work with big names.

Released in 1967, 'Farz' was the remake of a Telegu film that was turned down by most actors of the time - Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Dharmendra... I was the needy and greedy one then and signed the film gladly.

Wanted' and 'Rowdy Rathore', which I directed in Hindi, were remakes of Telugu hits. Telugu films have contributed to my growth in a big way.

I don't think 'Enter The Dragon' should ever be remade.

'Predator,' you know, was John McTiernan absolutely at the top of his game.

Before I was cast for 'Brothers,' we all knew that Karan Johar was looking for an actress for to play a mother's role. I never thought that he would think of casting me.

I came into films with 'Hare Rama Hare Krishna.' My first film was actually 'Hulchul,' but it was released after 'HRHK.'