Kay Kay Menon Quotes

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

I think I'll always be making movies that intend to say something new.

I like working with creative people who are receptive to new ideas, who want to do things that are different, who want to create films of a different mould.

Artists aren't looking for you to write them something; they're looking for you to give them something new.

I have to be more universal than my projects, but no less innovative.

To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.'

He lives with his creativity in high gear.

When I look back at this career I've had, I don't know where it goes from here, but certainly any time I can make a movie that's different, that explores something that's not a retread of something else, I'm interested in it.

When I go into making a movie, personally, I don't try to bring other pieces of movies with me.

It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a company that makes films and to be prolific and have a place to put all the ideas that are constantly bubbling up inside of me and that don't let me sleep at night.

I'm not prejudiced about what type of movies I'm in, what form they take or whether they're studio or independent. I just want to make films that are going to be good.

You never know what you do that could be totally out of left field, which actually might work and give something fresh to the whole scene, to the character, whatever. If you have that with a director who then knows how to shape it, either in the direction, in the moment, or in the editing, then that's good.

From the very beginning, I've always just wanted to do something I've never done before. I'm still just trying to be on that path. It's all about working with filmmakers that you believe in.

I think most of the best new work is intended to have much more impact at once.

I just want to keep doing things completely different from the other. I just want to keep working with great people, great filmmakers and great actors and just building on that experience.

I strive to create new opportunities in terms of partnerships and new works being presented and things you haven't seen anywhere else. Also to help you see old things in ways you haven't seen them before.

Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint.

I'm a creator at heart.

Directing feels great; I'm really happy to be doing this.

For me, being a complete artist means not necessarily just being in front of the camera, but being behind the camera or being the originator or creator of something.

You can't buy vision, and you can't buy aesthetic.

You may or may not like 'Baaz.' But you will definitely say I have done something different.

It's so difficult to actually come up with ideas that you really fall in love with, you know? That's the most difficult thing about filmmaking - and that's my main challenge in life.

I've admired Lawrence master from his choreographer days. I love how he experiments and makes it work. I like his attention to detail and the intrigue in his movies.

Good films that get made are so few and far between. I want to write and direct more, but only so I can keep a fresh perspective.