Cinematic Preference Quotes

One of my favorite films is 'Let the Right One In.'

I wish I could do a black and white film.

I don't really watch many heist movies. Actually, I have quite eclectic tastes, but I tend to watch just foreign films. I don't know why that is. I'm not particularly deep or anything, I just like foreign movies.

I remember when I made 'A Scanner Darkly,' going, 'I hope people see it in theater - but I think it's going to be seen in someone's room at two in the morning.' It's that kind of movie. And I would have loved if it had been available on multiple formats at the moment it opened.

If I have to choose between a Bollywood film and Pakistan film, it may sound cliched, but I will go with the script first. And if both the scripts are equally good, then I will choose a Pakistan film.

When I write, I keep the family audience in mind. I ensure there's no vulgarity, as families are coming into the theatres, and there's no blood and gore because of the kids. There is a set of people who doesn't like my cinema, but there's a bigger group that likes the kind of movies I make.

I am a bit fussy when it comes to films.

My family and I are hooked on 'The Searchers.' I can't get enough of it.

I don't even watch many huge films. I don't go to the cinema every weekend. I watch selective cinema and want to make my kind of films.

I like 'The Graduate.' That's one of my favorites.

One of my favorite movies is The Little Foxes.

'Grease?' I watch that film over and over.

A movie that I've seen probably the most is 'Fanny & Alexander,' the Ingmar Bergman movie. I even dragged my friends to the super long version that had an intermission. I don't know how much they liked me that day.

I loved 'Junebug.' It was one of my favorite films, my favorite type of film.

I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.

For me, I loved it. I only want to make silent movies now.

Honestly, if I could shoot everything in 1:33, I would.

'Girl, Interrupted' is one of my favorite movies.

Films choose me; I don't choose them.

Well, Brief Encounter is certainly one of my top five favorites of all time. I looked at Brief Encounter very closely, to be honest.

I go back to many films that I really love. Some Bresson, some Godard of the early times, the Cassavetes of those years I love. And the early Wim Wenders. But my own films I don't watch, unless I need them.

I'm more into kind of real stories, psychological movies.

'Sugarland Express' is a movie that I really loved and watched a lot.

'Forrest Gump' has been one of my favorite movies of all time.

I'm not a big shoot-em-up, bang-bang. I like romantic films.