Sanjay Leela Bhansali Quotes

What I often do is just think of a completely obtuse thing to do, almost the wrong thing to do. That often works because you start a different approach, something no one has tried.

To design something really new and innovative you have to reject reason.

I never quite toed the line. I was a bit disruptive. All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.' And now, that's what I do for a living.

I don't think I take risks. People think I do, but I don't. In fact, I think conventional-formula filmmakers take more risks than me.

I've made movies that we're very successful that we're a complete surprise, and I've made movies that I thought we're going to be very successful that, you know.

I think you get in trouble if you make experimental big studio films.

When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead.

The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book.

Sometimes you have to exercise your insanity, to really make it strong.

To me, unconventional thinking is approaching a problem and asking, 'Why not? Why can't something be done?' If someone can't give me a good reason why you can't do something, I find a way to do it.

There's no room for being a visionary in the studio system. It literally cannot exist.

If we're going to have an unconventional budget, we probably need an unconventional process to get there.

People are scared to make something that doesn't look like another film that made a lot of money. It means we get 'Four Weddings And A Funeral' made again and again.

Outrageous behavior, also known as the lunatic fringe, is the seed bed of innovation and creativity.

A lot of things and a lot of money is involved in a movie. It is very upsetting when a movie doesn't fare well at the box-office.

When you have films like 'Bourne' that succeed, not only does it beget sequels, but it begets people taking chances.

I tell everybody on the first day of making a movie that if anyone's here to further their career, they should leave. I'm gonna make the movie in such a way that we won't have a career when this movie comes out. Because the people who hold the moneybags are not going to want to share any of that money with us to make the next movie!

I wonder if people who see 'Blade' will have even seen my other movies. But I don't want all my movies to be in a vacuum. I need a balance because one pays, and the other doesn't.

It's a myth that you'll know the box office result of any film. I don't think anybody can predict a film's fate accurately, otherwise nobody would make unsuccessful or flop films.

I don't want to just make the safe, easy commercial films.

My idea for Gucci was crazy, but that's the only idea I had. I was sure I'd be fired after the first show.

I just want my films to work. The hit or flop verdict really affects me. I seriously analyse what went wrong if a film turns out to be a dud!

When I met Ram Charan, he told me not to worry about how much my films make. After 'Magadheera,' people began expecting big things from him. So he did films to keep up to that expectation. He advised me to not fall into that trap.

I would always rather shoot for something unique and fail than do a script because I feel like they're hitting all the right mainstream beats.

When you finish a film, before the first paying audience sees it, you don't have any idea. You don't know if you made a success or a flop, when it comes to the box office.