- Nov 07, 2020
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- Camera
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- Nov 07, 2020
I often wonder when I make a film - I'm thinking of making a film of the Buddha - and I often wonder: If Buddha had all the elements that are given to a director - if he had music, if he had visuals, if he had a video camera - would we get Buddhism better?
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you get up, the night and day is a contradiction. But you get up at 4 A.M. That first blush of blue is where the night and day are trying to find harmony with each other. Harmony is the notes that Mozart didn't give you, but somehow the contradiction of his notes suggest that. All contradictions of his notes suggest the harmony.
- Lawyer
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was expected of all good middle-class Indian people to build India and, as you know, Indians - when we say, 'build India,' it was all about being an accountant, a lawyer, an engineer. So it was this idea that professionals would build the country.
- Millionaire
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- Nov 07, 2020
The question is - did Richard Attenborough have a right to make 'Gandhi?' And did Danny Boyle have a right to make 'Slumdog Millionaire?' Quite honestly, if they didn't have the right to make these films, I had no right to make 'Elizabeth.'
- Far
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that I altered history in 'Elizabeth,' and I interpreted history far more than Danny Boyle or Richard Attenborough did to 'Slumdog Millionaire' or 'Gandhi.' They took Indian novels or Indian characters and very much stayed within the Indian diaspora.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm working on a film called 'Bonnie.' Bonnie means water. It's in English, and it's dealing with a future world in a megacity - which is what the U.N. says we're going to be - but in this megacity, a city that runs out of water.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
Film is drama. You've only two hours, so you lie by exclusion, and try to make up for it by portraying the environment.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had no interest in history classes. In fact, I used to sleep in history classes, I used to bunk classes. But that is how students are supposed to be, no? I developed an interest in history much later. I have made a few films based on historical facts.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a huge political interest. I just wish I had the courage to come into politics in India.
- Courage
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- Nov 07, 2020
I admire people who come to politics because it takes a lot of courage to be in politics in India.
- Director
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is awkward to see a director on the screen.
- Love Yourself
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're not a star until you love yourself. Directors, yeah, they've got to love their own philosophies. But actors have to really love themselves.
- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020
Great actors are people who just meld into the part without calling attention to the fact that they are so-and-so doing this part. They may never become huge stars, but will always, in memory, stay respected actors.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
My own feelings of where I am in this world and the questions that I am asking myself, I started to explore them through the story 'Four Feathers' and through this actor called Heath Ledger. I knew that I had to find a 21-year-old who could play wisdom at the end. He's only 21 or 22, and I tested him.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not possessive at all. In every relationship I have had, the girl has left me. And the fundamental complaint has been that I am self-contained. I am just comfortable with myself and am always on an adventure.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have devoted my life to uncertainty. Certainty is the death of wisdom, thought, creativity.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I gave up the idea of having a career when I was 24. Sounds glamorous, but I've been doing things since then, and part of those adventures was to make films because I realised I was actually quite good at it and I enjoyed it.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
India was formed on the idea 'Let's get the British out.'
- India
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is interesting that Nehru fought and kept saying that if you break India into languages, there is no end to it.
- Illusion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not knowing whom to fall in love with is like not knowing which film to make next. Life is pretty chaotic; it's just an illusion that one has control over one's life.
- Africa
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- Nov 07, 2020
Filmmaking is a great adventure. I'm as excited as a kid to be given tickets to fly suddenly to England, South Africa, America, everywhere. I'm still a 13-year-old kid, flying.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a director, my job is to spend money, and the producer's is to save money. Masoom, Bandit Queen and the first Queen Elizabeth have been my most uncompromised films.
- Climb
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- Nov 07, 2020