Cinematic Masterpiece Quotes

The 'Bourne' films totally reimagined and elevated the action genre.

I am sure 'Shakti' will set the screens on fire.

Working with Thiagarajan Kumararaja in 'Super Deluxe' was absolutely mind-blowing.

I actually like 'The Shining' more than I like Kubrick, I think. The tension he sustains through the whole film is so great.

'Notorious' is a masterwork. I can watch it every day.

I was so excited to work with Ridley Scott. Who wouldn't be?

African Queen' is pretty darn great.

Steven Spielberg was a huge part of my childhood, like everyone's, I guess.

It has to be 'The Piano' by Jane Campion. It inspired me to pursue my dream to direct. It is not just my favorite woman-directed film - it is my favorite film.

Sunset Boulevard' is my favorite film.

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.

Shaji Kailas is an amazing director.

'Beatrice Cenci' was an amazing film. If it were released today it'd win Best Picture. It's so well done, it's so contemporary, and the filmmaking is so smart.

There was a film that really affected me, 'La Strada' by Fellini, where Anthony Quinn and Giulietta Masina travel around on his little motorcycle thing.

If you like dark movies or light movies, 'The Empire Strikes Back' is one of the great movies of all time. It's probably the greatest movie of all time. 'A New Hope' is a superb movie. It's probably the second-greatest movie of all time, but 'The Empire Strikes Back' is better.

I always loved when James Stewart did roles that were not so dialogue-based, like 'Vertigo.'

Watching a Kubrick film is like gazing up at a mountaintop. You look up and wonder, how could anyone have climbed that high?

I love David Fincher and I think he's a genius.

I think the best movie ever made was 'Dumbo.'

'Twin Peaks' is so phenomenal. And it worked because they struck the right tone: they brought intelligence to it, and the mystery itself was compelling.

The first time I saw 'Sunset Boulevard' I was probably eight or nine years old, and it really struck me how it's so simply put and elegant, yet there's so much going on.

I do think 'The Notebook' is a darn good movie.

I watch an awful lot of old Hollywood movies - I'll devour anything with Bette Davis or Joan Crawford. My absolute favourite is 'Sunset Boulevard' starring Gloria Swanson.

All said, even an Aishwarya Rai and Shah Rukh Khan could not reproduce the magic of the original 'Devdas.'

I will die trying to do another 'Baahubali' kind of film. It's not a film that can be easily replicated. I believe only Rajamouli has the experience and vision to handle projects on such scale.