Rajkumar Hirani

I can make any film I want to make.

— Rajkumar Hirani

Any holiday seems like a guilt trip.

— Rajkumar Hirani

For me, cinema is happiness.

— Rajkumar Hirani

Writing is a lonely process.

— Rajkumar Hirani

Every film is a journey.

— Rajkumar Hirani

Chase excellence, success will follow

— Rajkumar Hirani

I have a terrible reputation for being nervous.

— Rajkumar Hirani

I love 'Rang De Basanti.'

— Rajkumar Hirani

I think I have taken more holidays with Boman than I have with my wife.

— Rajkumar Hirani

Religion is man-made. Every religion says my 'God is the best.'

— Rajkumar Hirani

As writers, we are sketching people all the time when we write fiction.

— Rajkumar Hirani

My natural bend is to get attracted towards things that have been an influence in my life.

— Rajkumar Hirani

I try and get what I want using the strengths that the actors have.

— Rajkumar Hirani

I am not really worried about how others perceive me.

— Rajkumar Hirani

I like Ranbir Kapoor, Ranveer Singh and Hrithik Roshan. I would love to work with them all.

— Rajkumar Hirani

Attenborough's 'Gandhi' shook me as a filmmaker.

— Rajkumar Hirani

PK' is a very unique story. There are no benchmarks in Hindi cinema to give you an idea about 'PK.'

— Rajkumar Hirani

The longest break I have taken in my life was 14 days. On the 15th day, I started getting impatient to start…

— Rajkumar Hirani

Films have to find a way to compress many anecdotes into one, or many events into one. Otherwise there is no way…

— Rajkumar Hirani

When your first movie releases, in my case it was 'Munnabhai MBBS,' I was just relieved that it was out there. Just…

— Rajkumar Hirani

To preach is very boring, and nobody wants free advice. But if it's entertainment, then this changes. If you explain something to…

— Rajkumar Hirani

See, most films are about achievers. You see a film like 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' or 'Dhoni.' Even 'Gandhi,' or the biopic on…

— Rajkumar Hirani

I have been in advertising and I know my craft well, but ultimately in cinema every scene has to matter, and that…

— Rajkumar Hirani

I edit as I write and shoot. Any extra line, any pause that I know will get chopped on the editing table…

— Rajkumar Hirani

After I finish any film, I move to the next one. It takes about a year to write and another six months…

— Rajkumar Hirani

That's a battle we are always fighting whenever we cut trailers or promos for films. We always wonder how much to say,…

— Rajkumar Hirani

The only time you do not get nervous is when you are making your first film. At that time, just the joy…

— Rajkumar Hirani

Scale is very easy actually. Put a camera on a jib or a drone and get bloody big shots on big sets,…

— Rajkumar Hirani

Vidhu Vinod Chopra, who has produced my earlier films, is still a part of 'PK' and is presenting it. He is not…

— Rajkumar Hirani

There's a big time influence Hrishikesh Mukherjee has always had on my work. I can watch 'Anand,' 'Golmaal' or 'Chupke Chupke' as…

— Rajkumar Hirani

I grew up in Nagpur, and I first started enjoying the author Harishankar Parsai. He wrote mostly satire, essays on the current…

— Rajkumar Hirani

I don't understand why we learn what we do for most of it is of no use to us in our careers.…

— Rajkumar Hirani

Writing a script consumes so much of time.

— Rajkumar Hirani

You never know the depth of an actor.

— Rajkumar Hirani

I would love to make more films.

— Rajkumar Hirani

Writers should be respected.

— Rajkumar Hirani

I'm a filmmaker first, nothing else matters.

— Rajkumar Hirani

I take time to write my script, if I have more scripts, I will make more movies.

— Rajkumar Hirani

An editor does not just join shots. He creates emotions out of the shots.

— Rajkumar Hirani

In terms of films, I don't like to show pain. I'd like to show hope.

— Rajkumar Hirani