Rajkumar Hirani Quotes

I just see myself as a guy who's trying to make a film or, make art.

Making movies is my profession. I like doing it a lot.

Movies are art and the spirit of the movie depends on the creators.

Cinema is a creative medium. The director has the right to express.

The first time I went behind the camera was in 1993. I felt, 'This is my thing,' and I knew that someday I'd make a feature.

Filmmaking is a very serious job, and I want to concentrate on that.

Filmmaking, like any other art, is a very profound means of human communication; beyond the professional pleasure of succeeding or the pain of failing, you do want your film to be seen, to communicate itself to other people.

I've wanted to make films since a really young age. It's always been my passion.

I do enjoy film. The more I do it the more I learn.

I don't make movies because I love to act. I make movies because I like to make movies, and I like to be a part of that process.

When you make a movie, you can only make the movie that you would want to see.

A lot of really good directors have a killer in them, as if they'd do anything to get that image. But that comes with the terrain and I don't mind it.

Film, as far as I'm concerned, is my area of artistic endeavor, so I never think of a movie that gets released as being all done-it's just when they took it away from you.

The movie business is not something that can come from the brain. It really comes from the soul and the heart.

'Rocket Science' is really where I fell in love with filmmaking, I think 'Camp' was incredible, but it was so bizarre, and I was trying to find my footing in this world where you don't have an audience for immediate validation.

I began to exercise a lot of cinematic muscle with the precepts I had learned in the New York art world. Film was intriguing. I began to think of art as elitist; film was not.

I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen.

Making films is no longer a way of acting, it is a way of life.

I love making movies.

When you create a movie, you create something in your image.

I want to act for the rest of my life - and I also want to pursue directing. Watching Bill Condon direct 'Twilight' kind of made me think, 'OK yeah, I really want to do this now.' This idea that you can make an image in your head and be in full control of how it comes out - I thought that was really cool.

I love it behind the camera as much as I do in front.

I just want to write movies. And I try very hard.

You're always just trying to make your film, tell the story you're trying to tell - best you can, you know.

When I started making films, like almost every filmmaker, I think, you're just so excited to be able to make a movie that you'll do anything.