Rana Daggubati Quotes

I was on bed rest because of a fracture for about three months. 'Kabir Singh' happened immediately after that. So it was a good way to get back to work after a break.

I still fall asleep with the TV on, because I'm used to falling asleep with people yelling 'Action!' and 'Cut!'

He wasn't directing it, of course, so I didn't work with Hitchcock.

When I got cast in 'Rocky IV,' I had never seen a film camera before. And here I was in this boxing movie.

I think Michael Caine is a perfectly good actor but it's obvious he's not going to be in one of my films.

I wrote and directed a movie called 'Two - Bit Waltz'. We just wrapped. It was a blast, blast, blast.

Usually, you can shoot a movie in 10 or 12 weeks.

I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.

My first in, my first break, was I met a director and got to talking with her, and she happened to be casting this movie that she had written. That was ten years ago. That got me to Hollywood. I got paid $700 bucks.

I've got a role in the new Billy Bob Thornton movie that Billy Bob wrote and is going to direct called 'Jayne Mansfield's Car.' I only have four scenes, but I have as much dialogue as anybody in the movie.

Once I finished writing the script, I couldn't find my Pandi. It was actually little difficult to cast for the role. One fine day, when I was shooting for 'Vada Chennai', Raj Kiran's name just popped into my head.

It's a great honour for me to be a part of a Kamal Haasan film.

The new 'Creed 2' movie is coming out, so I was actually going to audition for that. Got a little audition tape, so hopefully that goes through. That would be pretty neat. Being Ivan Drago's son in the movie? That would be pretty fun.

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

Maayanadhi' was a film I enjoyed working in.

'I Was There Too' talks to people who played non-starring roles in big movies. That means the likes of comedian Jimmy Pardo, who didn't make it to the finished 'Dreamgirls.' Still, he recalls that when an actor is put on hold for a movie, he gets paid for two weeks just for sitting at home waiting to be called.

I love direction. I met Roopesh Peethambaran and assisted him in his maiden venture, 'Theevram'.

I was shooting for 'Maaya' when I got a call from John Abraham's office. They told me about the film and asked if I could audition. But since I was shooting, I recorded my audition and sent them the tapes. The next thing I know, I was on board.

I just want to make good movies. Honestly, the only difference for me with this stuff is that there is more people on the set.

I am really attracted to films. It's nice to do something new, all the time. That's why I like being an actor.

The producers had seen "In a World..." and that's where they found me out and consequently sought me out for this role [in Man up].

With a feature film you're dealing with so much more money and you've got to be very aware of the fact that you're really working with an audience. You've got to have a relationship with the audience. Play with them and show them things you want them to see.

One of the biggest changes for me on a practical level of shooting the film was having a second unit.

I've worked in the movie business for many, many years, where you have lots of days and lots of money. It's really mainly about time. We always try to conceive all of our action from a place of, "What can we shoot that looks fantastic?," rather than trying to do the kinds of thing that you would be able to accomplish in a movie.

I've always loved film more than theater, and film may be more closely related to making a record because you have that ability to go in and do your work and have no judgment around it, and feel honest. Then, much later, it's presented to people. But in theater, people come backstage after a performance and you're about to do the same play again the next night, and people say, "Well, I didn't really believe that emotion" or whatever. It's really hard for me, I like to be closed up and just do the work.