No actor can give his best performance without the help of the director. — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
It is always a pleasure to be directed by an actor because they know the scene from the actor's perspective, too. That's… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
The film industry does not interest me greatly. The people, I don't mingle with them much. I meet them when I have… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
Sometimes, more money is spent on promotion of a film than the making of it. I don't understand that logic. The movie… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
I am totally for first timers. I always hear them seriously. I have done so many films with first timers, and I've… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to prove myself a great filmmaker. I don't know much about filmmaking anyway. I'm trying my hand at it… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
A family business in cinema is not necessarily creative. It is generally about prolonging your family fortune. — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
I don't scoff at the desire to make good movies. I scoff at the quality at poseurs masquerading as masters of the… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
The only serious function films can serve is to act as a record of their times. — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
It is very tough to make a short film. It's like writing a short story, which is tougher than writing a novel.… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
Everyone equates good cinema with boring shots and boring films - where a character takes 10 minutes to walk down a corridor,… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
The ballooning budgets of Bollywood are getting out of hand, and it's important for people to realise that you don't need Rs… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
You can't make a film for your personal satisfaction. That is why I detest the cinema of people like Mani Kaul. — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
To me, the most important elements in a theatre are the actors and the texts. — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share
Actors have to learn that they are as important to a movie as the camera is, as important as the sound is, and less… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share
The film industry does not interest me greatly. The people, I don't mingle with them much. I meet them when I have to. — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share
When I was 14 and went on the stage for the first time, it stimulated me so much that I was convinced that I… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share
I don't want any memorials or a grave which my children would have to look after or feel guilty about. I don't want to… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share
I think our cinema has stayed in its adolescent stage largely because of our obsession with and our dependence upon stars to make our… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share
It was the '70s when mediocrity came in Hindi films. That's when the actor called Rajesh Khanna joined the industry. For all his success,… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share
When I first dreamt of becoming a movie star, I wanted to be a Gary Cooper: I wanted to be rich and famous, living… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share
I am hard put to think of a single positive thing that commercial Hindi cinema has achieved. — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share
I don't scoff at the desire to make good movies. I scoff at the quality at poseurs masquerading as masters of the medium. — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share
I realise that I have made quite a few of the same mistakes with my kids that my dad made: not so much in… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share
It would be impossible to find an actor to portray Om Puri, so I wouldn't even attempt it. — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share
