Cinematic Success Quotes

You can have a great script, or a great director and a bad script, and get a great movie. Nothing really guarantees anything.

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

New Zealand was kind of getting a reputation for making middle-of-the-road films that weren't really that unique. They were kind of New Zealand versions of overseas films, and for sure, having an Oscar nomination totally helped me get funding.

There's never been a mathematical equation that says a good experience making a movie equates to a good movie, or a bad experience on a set is going to lead to a bad movie.

'Lisa' was a film that I am really proud of and is probably hopefully going to be remade.

For me, movie-making is more than making a 'hit' film. It's about working with a team of people I really respect and doing something that gives me satisfaction.

But Madonna has a small amount of talent when it comes to movies.

Everyone claims to have found the 'Holy Grail' - the perfect formula that can guarantee a hit in Bollywood. But those who seriously believe in it are deluded.

I've been in movies where the movie doesn't come together but the role comes together, or the movie comes together but the role doesn't come together or something like that. Something misses. It's very difficult to make it hit on all cylinders - it's just very rare.

By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.

Bollywood gives you an immense reach. The stars have a huge fan base. The amount spent on promoting a film is incredible. To be part of such productions, in some way or the other, is a blessing for any artiste.

Sandalwood is a force to reckon with. People from all over are investing time and money here because the films have good reach and reap good rewards as well.

Even within escapist cinema, if you find a good story to tell, it will do well.

Very few movies remain in public memory as landmark films, and I want to see whether '3 Idiots' will be up there with some of the wonderful films that have come out of this country... Hopefully, we'll come to know in a few years whether it can become one of the great films.

The better a novel is, in literary terms, the more you can't be faithful. The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good film succeeds on terms exclusive to the cinema. That's why so many bad novels can become good movies.

As long as everyone is playing for the scene or the movie, rather than themselves, then you're going to have something really good.

I am doing the remake of 'Bai Chali Sasariye,' which was my debut in the Rajasthani film industry. It became a major critical and commercial hit in the history of Rajasthani cinema.

The success of a film is always a combination of many people's efforts.

To what extent a film works is beyond me. My first film 'Aashiq Banaya Aapne' did wonders at the box office. Then 'Chocolate' was also quite popular, but it didn't have the same effect as the first one.

It is a conscious choice to go for content-driven scripts because that is the key for any film to work. There are no two ways about it, and I have always been attracted to great content.

I'm going to be a great movie star some day.

I'd made this film called 'This Little Life,' and it went round the fests and won awards and did well.

If my films make one more person miserable, I'll feel I have done my job.

My victory is when the audience buys a ticket to watch my film. I am extremely thrilled when they give it a thumbs-up.

It's not fair to use movies that weren't creatively successful as a reason why something won't work.