Films are my first love.
When I was out promoting 'Selma,' I became aware of so many other films that ought to be getting distribution. And this is a problem I can do something about because of my experience.
My dream is to become a director. I want to direct a Hindi film. I have two scripts ready. One of them is a fantasy-adventure, while the other is a thriller. I've assisted my brother Selvaraghavan, who's a well-known director in Tamil cinema. I've also made short films.
I'm a person who likes these sort of movies... sad but moving 'art movies' that normally are at a festival and then they go to a small art house theater and disappear.
I guess in Hollywood you chart your life by Oscars. You say to each other, 'Remember when that movie won that year? It was 2006. Remember that?'
A film is a terrible thing to waste.
I went to film school at UT Austin.
There are two types of films - one made by the big-time producers, the other is low budget stuff made by some producers who make films for the heck of it, they complete their films for small amounts, sell it at low costs with almost no publicity.
I am not a regular at film festivals.
Films are something that happened by chance.
The whole aspect of cinema and film festivals should be a moment to come together and celebrate art and humanity. It would be a shame if there was such a divide.
Cannes Film Festival prefers political films. We have to target certain festivals based on our films.
I don't really watch too many movies. I don't have the patience usually to watch one, one and a half or two hours in a row.
I am obsessed with cinema and its history.
Cinema is dead, long live cinema.
Some critic complained about how many small films are released in New York... it annoyed me. Those small films that are lucky to get two weeks are often my favorite films of the year.
I've learned that everything is a slow process in the TV and movie industry.
I wanted to do film. I was living in New York and working in theater, but I always wanted to do film.
I don't watch too many films.
When I started in the mid-'90s, the goal was really to shoot for a film career and stay there.
The film industry is a lovely family and I respect it.
There's so many great films coming out. It's still kind of astonishing to me how certain films get ignored, and that film ended up getting ignored and didn't get the attention that it deserved at Sundance.
Films just happened to me. After coming to the industry, I became dedicated.
If you're clever enough and creative enough to get a good film made, then you should be clever enough and creative enough to find ways to get it out there, one being something like Jameson First Shot.
I did not go to film school.
