Quotes about Filmmaking

I love 'The Godfather' and 'Casablanca' - great stories, acted well, made well.

For the third trilogy, I don't know if I will still be alive when it comes the time to make them.

I once said that CGI makes you less inventive. At the time I was bemoaning the loss of the practical stunt. If a stunt can be done practically and safely, I'd rather do it old-style.

Working full-time as a filmmaker has been a dream come true.

I write my films with Reema Kagti, and I think all the characters that I have written, somewhere or the other, reflect my thoughts, ideology and morality.

There's something very important about films about black women and girls being made by black women. It's a reflection as opposed to an interpretation.

Though I have an idea about the climax, it always changes when we start shooting.

I have a new respect for filmmakers, that's for sure, 'cause it's not easy. If I'm allowed to, I'll be directing for the rest of my life. I love the process.

Films were always a passion for me but it was when I saw 'Salaam Bombay' that I decided that it was film direction that I was interested in. That is when I decided I wanted to direct films.