Cinematic Roots Quotes

My mum raised me on 'On the Waterfront,' 'Gone with the Wind' and 'Rear Window.'

I'm a big fan of silent cinema and I think that before I got into the canon of European arthouse cinema, the first interesting films I liked as a kid were German expressionist silent films.

I have the greatest appreciation for [producers] Matt Alvarez and Ice Cube. They put me in Friday after Next, and now this, which I hope is just the start of a long, wonderful relationship. I love the urban comedies, because they keep you famous, keep you having fun, and keep you in love with the business. Those are my roots. I'll always love doing those.

Cinema should always be in touch with the soil of the country. My films celebrate the heartland of India.

I come from a background of independent films.

I never studied film formally at school, but as a kid, I spent most of my time in cinemas.

As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies.

For me, the stamp that I impose on stuff comes from the fact that in the '80s, when I was starting to write movies, I looked back to the '70s. So the films I enjoyed as a kid were the thrillers that came out of the '70s. Back then, you didn't have action movies; you had adventure films or thrillers.

Music was the only voice of cinema for a very long time before we had sound; it's organically linked to cinema itself.

I grew up on Spielberg and Lucas. That was sort of what inspired me to make movies.

The dream of doing what I do started with watching movies by Mr. Spielberg, like 'Close Encounters,' 'Poltergeist,' and 'E.T.' That was the beginning of my obsession.