Aditi Rao Hydari Quotes

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

If I start paying attention to the mechanics of a film while watching it, then it's generally a bad film.

There are three things that are important for a film. Number one is story, number two is story, number three is story. Good actors can save a bad script and make it bearable, but good actors can't make a bad script good - they can just make it bearable.

If the script is not good, the film will not work.

The combo of a great story and good director works for me.

In the last ten years of watching films I have found that some of the foreign films I saw affected me most. One American film that stands out for me for its workmanship and artistry is 'Ratatouille.' It was an astonishing effort in filmmaking.

In my opinion, the motion picture is the greatest medium of expression ever invented. It embraces all the other arts. The films that have the greatest unity, the greatest overall strength, and give the most satisfaction to the viewer, have been those in which a guiding hand was imposed in every section of the film's many divisions.

Whether I'm acting or making it, at the end of the day it's telling the story; action, drama. You want the audience to feel it - the story, the action, the scene, or a particular shot. I just keep working on crafting my art, on how to make action movies.

A good project but a poor director will always make a mediocre film, but an average script and good director can make a good film, as he will put in everything to make the film look good.

A script is like a theory of a movie.

Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it.

I spent about a year and a half doing technical post work on 'The Fountain'. Although I do like the process, I think my favorite part of filmmaking is the actors.

When people ask me what makes movies great, it's the material.

The quality of television is becoming so good from an actor standpoint, where you get to do these amazing scenes with amazing directors and cinematography.

A director should concentrate on his storyline and his characters.

Be it films or shows or plays, it's the content that matters the most.

In 'Dear Father,' you will see some remarkable work in terms of the screenplay.

If you have a great story, any film will work.

I am not interested in doing a film on the basis of a good story. I want a proper screenplay.

The movies are all about visual, and television is all about character and dialogue.

No actor can rise above the script of the film.

To make a great movie is such a combination of different things that need to come into play to actually make a memorable film and not have a film to fall by the wayside, to have something live on during the years, and one of those elements is the commitment the actors have to their performance.

I just finished a film with Michael Radford called Dancing at the Blue Iguana.

The new 'Avatar' BluRay is a lesson in filmmaking. It really is inspiring.

I always choose my movie because of a director and a story and a, a character.