I wasn’t sure if I would survive in the film industry in the beginning. So, I gave myself six months to see if things fall in place, and luckily, soon after I moved to Mumbai, I began getting modelling and acting offers.
I’d like to have coffee with Farhan Akhtar. He’s an all-rounder in the film industry, and I have heard many good things about how he goes about planning all his productions.
I would love to do better in mainstream Hindi films, but one thing I must say is that my best experience so far has been in the Punjabi film industry, where I’ve been around for more than 11 years.
Fat noses have no place in the Hindi film industry. But it is not so in the West – otherwise, Anthony Quinn would have never been an actor.
The film industry needs to confront the physical footprint of the way films get made.
The film industry brings people together, and so does technology. I see them as similar platforms.
There is no filmmaking legislation because distributors are not interested in sharing their money with the film industry – for instance, by giving a percentage of ticket sales back to filmmakers.
When I entered the film industry, I didn’t know anything about acting.
Punjabi film industry is not yet ready to give change to new actors, but if Punjabi singers, who already have a fan following, enter the industry, it will be a great help to uplift the industry.
Kollywood is my parent film industry. It was here that I was born as an actress and grew as an artist.
The director Vetri Raman proves, yet again, why Tamil film industry is a forward-thinking industry in the country today, producing gems year after year.
We have given our whole life to the film industry. We are grateful to everyone who has liked us and we wish that we can entertain everyone till the time we die.
It was a wonderful experience acting with Prasenjit Chatterjee, the reigning king of Kolkata’s film industry.
My view of myself doesn’t change. I know who I am. I’m Cuban American; both my parents are Cuban – one was a little browner than the other one. That’s who I am. I feel sorry that it’s taken so long for the film industry to figure it out and to catch up.
The film industry does not interest me greatly. The people, I don’t mingle with them much. I meet them when I have to.
Ultimately, the film industry has always pushed out its biggies, and I don’t have a problem with that. I just wish that we’d spend more time nurturing the smaller ones.
I don’t know anything about the film industry. I thought I knew films, but apparently, I don’t know films or people!
My introduction into the film industry happened with ‘Masaan,’ which was a multi-star cast film. I was just a part of the film.
When I was in college, I was madly in love with a girl. But unfortunately, her father didn’t approve of the match. He didn’t like me because I was on the verge of joining the film industry.
Though I was aware that the success rate in film industry was one percent and how difficult it was to survive, I wanted to try my luck as an actor.
The biggest difficulty in film industry today is not that of getting dates, actors or finance, but writers. We don’t get writers. They are like heart surgeons with whom you need to meet after fixing an appointment.
You try to get out there and live. I’ve always had good friends who’ve been very supportive and help make me feel good and grounded because I’ve never felt attached to the film industry.
Many of my friends are not in the film industry, and I feel like it’s healthy. It’s not totally by choice. It is, perhaps, people I connect with.
Unfortunately, the Hindi film industry is a sitting duck; it is easy to hurl malevolent accusations. It is a systematic campaign to divert attention from real issues, failing economy, China border tensions, spiraling Covid cases, and farmers’ agitation by putting the spotlight on the supposed ills of the film industry.
When Pakistan was carved out of India’s rib in 1947, it was assumed by some that Bollywood’s Muslim stars would defect to the new state and thus boost the Lahore film industry. But Lollywood did not happen.
Chennai seems to be the base for the South Indian film industry in general.
Even though ‘Luck By Chance’ is set in the film industry, the lead characters are people you know and see, but they are not your friends.
In our film industry I’ve realised actresses are not respected at all.
There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been one of them.
Although the need or demand for a lead actor and actress will never fade in the Bollywood film industry, character roles have also become popular and more importantly they are very integral for the script.
Theatre has always been my passion. It never happened to me that theatre took a back seat in my life. I have never stopped doing it even after joining the film industry, and I intend to perform it lifelong.
The fashion world is much more ephemeral than the film industry and moves at a faster pace, and it’s got even more frenetic since the Nineties; more paparazzi hanging about and it seems to me there are even more fashion magazines.
The most thankless job in our film industry is that of lyricists. Next in the list are writers. These two don’t get any recognition at all, whereas they have the most important roles in every film today.
When I came into the film industry, I was so naive and confused and had no idea about how a heroine should work.
That’s what I love about the film industry: that you meet so many new people, and you can travel the world.
I finally, you know, moved to Mexico City, where the film industry is. I started working there as a producer, which is a very, very valid thing for women to do, because we always produce for men, right?
The film industry is mostly about unidimensional characters.
There is this thing in America where actresses reach 40 and go mad. The film industry wants all these young people.
Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity.
There was nobody in my family who knew anything about the film industry. I’m from the west of Scotland. It’s not exactly a mecca for filmmaking. I think I saw Rab C. Nesbitt in Asda once, but that was about it.
When I joined the film industry I looked forward to different roles, unfortunately that did not materialise.
There is no nepotism in the Hindi film industry.
I love festivals because I feel like I’m more of a movie fan than a person who’s in the film industry.
The film industry is a lovely family and I respect it.
If you look at Indian cinema, it has always been about the ‘hero.’ So it is not just a characteristic of the Kannada film industry in particular. But one of the reasons to explain the ‘hero-centrism’ in our industry could be the fact that the audience here really enjoys the action sequences and the ‘punch’ dialogues.
The Mumbai film industry has definitely a bigger reach. But considering the rich content of work in many Bengali films, even by new directors, there has to be a better financially backed distribution model for films here.
The future of the world’s film industry is in China because we have 1.3 billion people.
In 1963, when I joined Hindi film industry it raised many eyebrows.
Kollywood allots big budget only for commercial films. Bollywood film industry is straightforward that way. When compared to Bollywood, Kollywood is fake. They keep churning out the same films.
Luckily, ‘Rakta Charitra’ did well in the South and I started getting a lot offers from the Tamil and Telegu film industry.
I’ve realized I have to be very careful in what I say. I speak my heart out. Such honesty is not appreciated in the film industry. Instead, it is twisted and distorted. A lot of what I say is lost in translation.
I think it’s a bit like saying a painter does a painting everyone loves and it’s 40% blue paint, so from now on you have to paint paintings that are 40% blue. That’s the film industry at its most blunt, which is why it’s constantly bats and spiders and superheroes.
There are few teachers from the film industry to guide newcomers. One can see a gap between the film industry and those teaching at film schools.
Hollywood is a film industry, a film business. I don’t approach my career in that way. I see it as ‘art,’ and I become involved in films that ring my bell.
Stuntmen bring a lot to the film industry, especially in action films, but if you start trying to give an Oscar for a stuntman, say he doubled a star, I think that takes away from the star’s value.
Reflecting on the past, where the film industry became united with ‘national interest’ and ‘national policy,’ I tend to think that keeping a clear distance from government authority is the right thing to do.
I’d rather spend my time with grape growers than actors. In the film industry, all the money is focused on television and the stupidity of American cinema.
Whether it’s acting, directing or writing, I want to be involved in the film industry for the rest of my life.
Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay.
