Legendary Filmmaker Quotes

Apoorva Raagangal,' 'Moondru Mudichu,' 'Avargal' - these were all my guru K. Balachander's films; I became a hero with these three films.

Any time someone says you have an opportunity to work with Martin Scorsese you jump at the chance.

It would be incredible to work with Stanley Kubrick and go back in time.

Stephen Frears is brilliant and has made movies that inspired me for my whole life.

The term 'giant' is used too often to describe artists. But in the case of Akira Kurosawa, we have one of the rare instances where the term fits.

Rob [Reiner] is a teddy bear. He's hell delicious. He's a really good director. He's a great soul. In the movie business, I would call him a movie mom. The only person I hold in equal esteem is Clint Eastwood. Now I have worked with a lot of terrific directors, and I don't mean to be putting any of them below their own station, but these two, I relish working with them.

Of Orson Welles: It's like meeting God without dying.

Francis [Ford Coppola] was on the cover of Time Magazine for One From The Heart and for owning a studio, and he was fresh off of Apocalypse [Now] and The Godfather films, so he was at the absolute top of his game and legend [in The Outsiders ].

One of the biggest regrets I have in life is not getting an opportunity to work with Yash Chopra.

Mel Brooks came to see Oh, Hello in L.A. Mulaney and I had a meeting with him, and we invited him to come to the show, and he saw the Oh, Hello show live in L.A. To me, he's the most famous person. Having him come to our show that was so inspired by both of us loving The Producers and all his movies.

Ridley Scott is a cinematic master and a great man. It was a real honour working with him on 'Prometheus.'