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“All directors from the South go back home as failures... I didn't want that to happen to me. So, I became a factory, determined to produce successful goods.”
“When I look at all my old films, I feel as if they're badly done, because I have improved.”
“No big Hindi film star wants to work with me. They are busy with their own dreams.”
“If you are thrilled about a screenplay, execution never becomes a problem, so that's the way I have achieved 75 films.”
“See, I am an ardent fan of David Lean. I cannot do a shot like David Leans' in a Malayalam film because the budget does not permit me. Those dreams, I mean the glossy dreams of mine, can be fulfilled only in Hindi films.”
“When people tell me that my films make them smile, I feel like I'm doing a social service by making these light-hearted comedy movies.”
“There is a scarcity of writers in Bollywood.”
“I have always been saying that we are making a mockery of ourselves by sending such idiotic films to the Oscars. This is very sad. We have great filmmakers but none of their films are sent to the Oscars, why?”
“I think I am a good actor myself. If I wasn't a director, I would have been an actor.”
“In the history of Indian cinema I am the only South Indian director who has survived for 12 years and 25 films in Bollywood.”
“I make films for money and fame. But I made 'Kanjeevaram' for recognition.”
“My intention when I make a film is very clear. I make it for a certain kind of people who have average intelligence - because I am also like that. I have an average sense of humor and an average brain.”
“'Hungama' leaves all problems behind and just lets the audience have a good laugh.”
“In Kerala, we prefer slower films unlike the Hindi audiences. Here they want fast films with action in every frame. Also, we don't have too many songs.”
“A lot of times, projects happen just to influence the distributors or buyers.”
“If you want to sell a film, you have to make it in an exaggerated way. Otherwise, you have to make it for your own satisfaction.”
“Personally, I don't claim to be a great director. My films are made for children, not intellectuals.”
“I love cricket. Thankfully, I didn't make a career out of it. Otherwise today I'd have been working in a bank.”
“I have a fascination for cartoons. No matter how many times 'Tom and Jerry' fall, you never complain, and watch it again.”
“I feel bored if I sit for 10 days at home. I take only 30 days off for my family in a year.”