Sanjay Leela Bhansali Quotes

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.

I'm a big believer in pushing things too far and forcing people to pull you back.

It was actually the enormous risks I took with my pictures, skating right up to the edge of non-acceptance, that paid off so handsomely.

Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that even when I play the wife or the girlfriend or the best friend. I always try my hardest to bring as much layering in and not make things stereotypical, but it's hard.

I think the expectation of me was that I'd grow up, get married, have a family, probably not even have a job outside the home. I had bold notions sometime in my childhood that I wanted to be veterinarian... I wasn't sure I'd ever do it.

There's always apprehension whenever I launch anything, it seems. When I launch a tour, people are always, 'Oooh, is this gonna work?' And when I launch an album: 'Ooh, is this gonna work?' Or a new video. 'Really?' It's always like that - but I've always acted on the impulse that I have nothing to lose.

Pushing the boundaries of what's acceptable - to me, that's something I'm definitely interested in and want to pursue.

What I really like doing is taking risks, musically.

The best roles have risks... and those are the parts I'm interested in.

I think more and more people these days go for the safe option in film making.

We're so afraid to lose the audience. Let the audience go.

I feel every day that everything I create - everything I do - I want it to be a risk.

It's always a good idea to go up for the male roles. You go up against a bunch of beefy guys, and the casting director then feels smart for taking you on, like he's the one who thought outside the box.

The message is risk, really risk. Be yourself. Create.

I think men are more adventurous in that they're more likely to take chances. Women play it safe. But now, maybe more of the women that see how it's working for the guys think, 'I can do that, too'. Maybe they'll pick male players, not necessarily female players; it's just whatever that match is that works for that player.

Sometimes I pick parts because I think, 'OK, it scares me,' and that's an indication it's going to be a good movie for me to do. Sometimes that leaves me in a terrible... Well, it doesn't always pan out, you know?

Going the bold way somehow has a very negative connotation in Bollywood.

I feel my role is to push boundaries. I don't like things to be safe and sedentary. So controversy is the cross I have to bear.

I guess I should say I like to do things that people say you can't do.

Business people want things to be safe but that's rubbish to me. In music nothing should be safe.

I've always been curious and taken many risks, but that is quite atypical for a woman. On the other hand, I think that's the only way to grow beyond yourself.

Why would we want to do an experimental album? That's just selfish.

You can do a good job when you play it safe, but you can't do a spectacular job. You have to risk it and be in danger of looking like an absolute fool.

The audience simply don't find a heroine picking a fight with 10 guys as convincing as a hero. So the industry always sticks to psychological thrillers and ghost movies for heroine-oriented projects and this can sustain only for a short time.