By the time 'Buffy' finished its Bay Area theatrical run - including a two-month stint at the dollar theater - I had seen the movie well over three dozen times. I was in love.
I knew that when the trailer of 'Bahubali' released, it would have a great impact, and it did.
There are very few movies that become real phenomenons the way 'Twilight' or 'The Hunger Games' did.
It's the same the world over. A Hollywood production comes to town, and the locals all turn movie crazy.
When it comes down to it, I'm still in love with film - I'm a cinephile.
With one film after another becoming a hit, nervousness only grows.
I am not one of those who eats, sleeps and drinks movies.
I watch films and TV almost like as a hobby - not even as a hobby: it's bordering on careerist. It would be easier to tell you what I'm not into than what I am.
Films are a part of my being, they don't define me.
Good movies are what I wait my whole life for.
Don't get me wrong: I love 'Moana!' But when it gets to the point where you find yourself singing Disney songs in your dreams, you have an issue.
There will be a Skype movie soon... someone will crack the code, and it will be great. Then, there'll be 30 Skype movies, and we'll be like, 'Oh, that's boring.'
I eat, sleep, and breathe movies. Though I didn't understand the seriousness of films when I made my debut, I felt on top of the world.
I had this thing about hanging out in dark theaters. My family thought I grew out of a rock.
I was a huge Kamal Haasan fan, but not really a die-hard wackadoo.
I'm a movie fanatic. I watch probably four movies a day - not because I'm a lunatic, but because I just love movies.
The overwhelming love Tamil audiences gave 'Premam' will always remain special.
Films are like oxygen for me.
In my teens, I fell in love with the movies.
During my school and college days, the three Khans - Aamir, Salman and Shah Rukh - were superstars for me and will always be. Their movies were eagerly awaited every Friday.
Anurag was always too passionate about 'Raman Raghav 2.0' to care about anything else. There never was a 'Bombay Velvet' hangover.
I was not a kid who watched every movie. I watched a very small number of movies over and over again.
There was a time in my life when I would literally go see every single film that came out in the theaters. No matter what. I just became obsessed with movies, and wound up getting drawn to the pulsating grain of film and the flickering of the light.
I had no interest in cinema until I was 24 years old. My friends had posters of their favourite stars in their houses, but I was far from a film buff - very detached from films.
For me, cinema is a vice. I love it intimately.
