Amaal Mallik Quotes

I approach every film as my first film.

You know me, I've got to find some way to get a fresh fire.

Every morning I wake up with new ideas.

I set myself challenges every time I work. Ideally, I approach everything as though it's the first time - with a beginner's mind and an amateur's love.

When you work with filmmakers, and it's their first film, there's an exuberance and optimism, which is quite... There's no room for being jaded. Thinking that you know it all.

I'm always up for the challenge of doing more and doing different things. I love being inspired like a new producer all over again.

When you're young, you're fearless and more creative, more of an outsider.

I have no problem with starting from scratch.

Negativity is the enemy of creativity.

I've worked with a lot of first time directors; in fact, I enjoy it because there is a certain beginner's mind that they bring into a project that isn't loaded with the way things have been done before. There's a certain freedom to it.

I treat my career like it just happened yesterday.

It's important, that spirit of youth, and when you're 16 that can get you kickstarted.

A perfect scenario would be to feel like you've just started on every event.

I still approach every film and role like it's my first.

I am happy to start from zero, to create, to restart.

Give me something new, and I'll do it with all my heart.

When I have something to say that I think will be too difficult for adults, I write it in a book for children. Children are excited by new ideas; they have not yet closed the doors and windows of their imaginations. Provided the story is good... nothing is too difficult for children.

I think a critical part of being successful in our industry is having a beginner's mind

I'm always constantly trying to find stuff that's different. It's a way to keep me on my toes and keep me interested and keep me excited about work.

When you want to do something creative and you want to do something new, you have to start with the thing that's making you want to jump up out of bed in the morning.

I never want to feel complacent, and I had started to, a little bit. I had started to feel like "I have this thing I can do, it's worked a few times," but not only does that get boring, but you feel stagnant and unproductive. So I was feeling a lack of creativity and motivation, so I started making a more conscious choice to grow personally. It wasn't even an image-conscious thing, like, "I don't want people to think this way about me." It was really just a way to keep myself energized and feel excited about this thing I love doing. Like I went to couples therapy or something.

Display startling novelty-rise afresh like the sun every day. Change too the scene on which you shine, so that you rloss may be felt in the old scenes of your triumph, while the novelty of your powers wins applause in the new.

Nothing gets me more excited and inspired than something new.

You need to have a beginner's mind to create bold innovation.