Everyone can have a crush on anyone, be it on a real person or a celebrity.
Ram Gopal Varma
I don't believe in gratitude.
Fundamentally speaking, bodies age; feelings don't.
I don't have the time to think about what someone else thinks of me because I'm busy making films.
When you do anything completely different from a beaten path, many tend to pounce on you.
I have a habit of constantly dreaming and waking up every once in a while in the night to check out my cell phone, and I suddenly saw a message that Sridevi is no more... I thought that either it's a nightmare or a hoax, and I went back to sleep.
Sridevi is the most beautiful and the most sensuous woman God ever created, and I think He creates such exquisite pieces of art like her only once in a thousand years.
I'm an atheist, and I don't believe in ghosts.
'Rakta Charitra' was more about human conflict than politics.
Basically, I am an anti-social person.
I understand emotions more than anyone else. I study emotions like a biologist studies various species.
It is stupid to think the audience is a bunch of fools who can be manipulated by long titles and NRI romances.
I don't work with anyone out of a sense of charity. I use people as long as they are useful to me.
Great films happen, and no one can make them on intention.
I hate Sridevi. I hate her for making me realise that she, too, is finally only just a human being. I hate that her heart, too, has to beat to live.
Language is just a communication tool; it is the content that decides the fate of a film.
All my movies are copies of Hollywood, some of them pretty trashy copies. All filmmakers copy from Hollywood.
Modern warfare has become too techno-ish for my sensibilities.
I don't think I have the patience required to undertake projects as huge as 'Baahubali.' You need to spend a lot of time and years to make something empowering like that.
I have learnt the hard way that ignoring a small fry can be many times harmful.
I wrote 'Kshana Kshanam' with the one and only purpose of impressing Sridevi. 'Kshana Kshanam' was my love letter to her.
Everyone knows about Amitabh Bachchan being a legendary actor, and I had this sense of arrogance that I can make him do what I want. But what he did on locations completely blew me away. I realised that I understand the quality of performances even more after seeing him perform.
I don't want to answer questions about my favourite food or holiday spot.
I hate the word 'break.' It's just a business deal at the end of the day so there's no such thing as giving a break.
I like people who have clarity about their work.
In Telugu, I have 'Bejawada Rowdilu,' a movie on the gang war culture in Vijayawada.
Any film I make, my intention is always to make people like it.
My favourite virtue is not having any.
To see Sridevi making tea in Boney Kapoor's kitchen was a huge letdown. I won't forgive him because he brought the angel down from heaven to the kitchen of his apartment.
Even the biggest flops have been liked by a few select people.
With 'Daud,' basically, I wanted to make a very 'Mad Max' kind of a film: that was my original intention.
'Not A Love Story' is inspired by true events, but it is not based on those events completely. When I first read about the Maria Susairaj case, I was fascinated with the psychological aspects, that two seemingly very ordinary people can go completely berserk.
I despise all those who fight for peace. It's only the bad guys and the troublemakers who create entertaining and history-changing events.
When I have a new idea, I'm charged up and want to start the film immediately, but I simply don't have the patience to wait for stars.
The thing about audiences is that we can't generalise them. It's very unfair.
I always had a fair share of hits and flops.
It is none of anyone's business how I make my films or my creative partnerships.
I never think of a film after I finish it.
The point is that a filmmaker is like a journalist in projecting reality in the true sense of the word. Only thing is he dramatically packages it to make more effect.
The whole idea of making 'James' was to make an action film in the style of the 1970s and '80s.
Maybe 'Bhoot' wasn't scary for me because I made it.
The problem is I don't have respect for the films I make after I've made them. I detach myself and get embarrassed when I watch them later.
Any film, whether it worked at the box office or not, I'll have my favourite moments from it.
Let me put it this way: if 'The Godfather' hadn't been made, 'Sarkaar' wouldn't have been made. That is the truth.
In the business of entertainment, either I am able to create an effect that impresses people or not.
Ultimately, cinema is an actor's medium.
If 'Bhoot' was called 'Man Ke Rishte,' no one would be interested. The title is a very essential part of a film. It subconsciously prepares the audience as to what they can expect.
I have become a full-fledged producer. I spend a lot of time on pre-production work.
'Bhoot' is a hold-on-to-your-seats horror film, while 'Darna Manaa Hai' is a hold-on-to-your-popcorn horror film.
I honestly feel it is important for a director to get obsessed with the characters.
