Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Priyadarshan
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Indian director Priyadarshan.
Last updated on September 16, 2024.
If you want to sell a film, you have to make it in an exaggerated way. Otherwise, you have to make it for your own satisfaction.
When I look at all my old films, I feel as if they're badly done, because I have improved.
Without critical acclaim, you are just a successful commercial director, and nothing more.
My Hindi remakes are better than my originals except sometimes, the Malayalam actors perform better.
It is the success of 'Hera Pheri' that made me do more comedy films like 'Hungama,' 'Malamaal Weekly' and 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa.'
With each film of mine, I was learning about the art of movie-making.
How many remakes are really successful? From 100, 98 are failures. That's because those films are remade without taking into consideration the sensibilities of the audience. I don't do that.
See, I am an ardent fan of David Lean. I cannot do a shot like David Leans' in a Malayalam film because the budget does not permit me. Those dreams, I mean the glossy dreams of mine, can be fulfilled only in Hindi films.
Personally, I don't claim to be a great director. My films are made for children, not intellectuals.
I was a great fan of Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy; they always inspired me.
I am not involved with 'Hera Pheri 3.' I have told the makers that I am not interested.
'Hera Pheri' is inspired by 'Laurel and Hardy,' Charlie Chaplin. It is about humor of poverty.
I thank my dad for giving me a good exposure to comedy since childhood. He was a librarian and I would read a lot of comics.
Every actor has his or her own style, so it is the duty of the director to mould it the way they want.
I don't force humor into a film, it comes naturally to me.
A lot of times, projects happen just to influence the distributors or buyers.
Romance on the screen happens even with people who do not have off-screen chemistry. To bring that out from them is my job.
I am very stressed while working; I never see what is happening around me.
Every director will dream of doing films in Hollywood. I want to show my talents there, too.
Because of the excellent training in Malayalam cinema, where we have very tight budgets, you are forced to make it work in a small budget and at the same time you have to tell the story effectively.
In Kerala, we prefer slower films unlike the Hindi audiences. Here they want fast films with action in every frame. Also, we don't have too many songs.
I strongly believe that producing and directing will not go together. If you want to be producer, don't direct.
A shot of Shyam Benegal inspires me a lot. I wonder why a film of David Dhawan cannot have a shot like that.
When I made 'Hera Pheri,' there was a huge poverty in Hindi cinema for comedies.
What attracts me to Hindi films is the monetary benefits connected with it.
I don't put seriousness in Bollywood movies. Because in Bollywood, people want entertainment even if it has no meaning.
It is very challenging to make a fresh screenplay based on a used plot.
I have come to make Hindi films to cater to a certain kind of audience, which looks for entertainment. I feel my strength here as a director will fail if I ever try something experimental.
If you are thrilled about a screenplay, execution never becomes a problem, so that's the way I have achieved 75 films.
The trend the world over is comedy. People have enough tragedies in their lives.
I decided not to work with those who do not believe in me.
I think I am a good actor myself. If I wasn't a director, I would have been an actor.
I don't make movies for pseudo-intellectuals. I don't want them to watch my films.
It is true that I got recognition. But however good the comedies are, nobody will accept a good comedy director as a good director. That is the sad part of it. Nobody knows who directed the 'Laurel and Hardy' movies. They know only Laurel and Hardy. Directors will never get a good name if they direct a comedy film.
Mohan Lal is my favorite actor, so if I am saying that Salman has performed better, you can believe how much he has done. Salman is better looking, so that's his plus point. Lal is the more realistic actor, but Salman is a better dancer. So there are things you can't compare. Both are good in their own way.
Never make your actors do comical faces. Let them be serious and let the situations make people laugh.
When the actors look your character, half the problems are solved.
No big Hindi film star wants to work with me. They are busy with their own dreams.
I have always been saying that we are making a mockery of ourselves by sending such idiotic films to the Oscars. This is very sad. We have great filmmakers but none of their films are sent to the Oscars, why?
I am scared of my overconfidence.
Most stars are bad. Even a few big heroes I have seen are dumb.
I am proud of the fact that I am the first South Indian director who has been accepted by Bollywood wholeheartedly.
Shah Rukh and I have been thinking of making something together, but nothing has materialized.
India is the country which makes the maximum number of movies. Cinema is one of our religions.
I always say I have so many known devils and I prefer them over unknown angels.
Experiments don't always pay.
I have a fascination for cartoons. No matter how many times 'Tom and Jerry' fall, you never complain, and watch it again.
My intention when I make a film is very clear. I make it for a certain kind of people who have average intelligence - because I am also like that. I have an average sense of humor and an average brain.
I feel something unusual is always attractive for people. But at the same time, it should be entertaining.
I enjoy making films. I have made all kinds of films, including action films, romantic films, period films like 'Kala Pani.'
Working with Salman Khan was a great experience.
'Hulchul' is a family comedy. You can call it 'humor around families.'
I feel bored if I sit for 10 days at home. I take only 30 days off for my family in a year.
When I saw the original versions of 'Virasat' and 'Gardish,' I felt the content was so good but that they had shot the films very badly. I knew that if I could get such content, I could shoot it much better. That was what I did.
In spite of not taking big stars, I have survived in the industry.
When I did a film with Salman Khan, he used to get up at 5 in the morning for shoots. If I can handle Salman then I think nobody in the industry is a problem.
American films look at films with a larger than life attitude while the French films look at life as it is.
Whatever I have achieved is all thanks to my team. I always say that I don't repeat actors as often as I repeat my technicians.
As for 'Garam Masala,' everybody knows what kind of film it is. It's the type where you keep your brains at home.
Basically, it was important to break the belief that commercial filmmakers can't make realistic movies. I broke it.
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