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> [The question is - did Richard Attenborough have a right to make 'Gandhi?' And did Danny Boyle have a right to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shekhar-kapur/the-question-is-did-richard-attenborough-have-a-right-to-make-gandhi/)

[Shekhar Kapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shekhar-kapur/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6e/shekhar-kapur-15487_bollywood_the-question-is-did-richard-attenborough_605888.jpg)

> [As a director, my job is to spend money, and the producer's is to save money. Masoom, Bandit Queen and the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shekhar-kapur/as-a-director-my-job-is-to-spend-money-and-the-producer-s-is-to-save/)

[Shekhar Kapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shekhar-kapur/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/413/shekhar-kapur-15487_bandit_as-a-director-my-job-is-to-spend-money-a_654974.jpg)

> [I think that I altered history in 'Elizabeth,' and I interpreted history far more than Danny Boyle or Richard Attenborough did to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shekhar-kapur/i-think-that-i-altered-history-in-elizabeth-and-i-interpreted-history/)

[Shekhar Kapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shekhar-kapur/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/103/shekhar-kapur-15487_altered_i-think-that-i-altered-history-in-elizab_3222974.jpg)

## Other authors on Elizabeth

## More by Shekhar Kapur

> [It is interesting that Nehru fought and kept saying that if you break India into languages, there is no end to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shekhar-kapur/it-is-interesting-that-nehru-fought-and-kept-saying-that-if-you-break/)

[Shekhar Kapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shekhar-kapur/)

> [India was formed on the idea 'Let's get the British out.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shekhar-kapur/india-was-formed-on-the-idea-let-s-get-the-british-out/)

[Shekhar Kapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shekhar-kapur/)

> [In this universe, and this existence, where we live with this duality of whether we exist or not and who are we, the stories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shekhar-kapur/in-this-universe-and-this-existence-where-we-live-with-this-duality/)

[Shekhar Kapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shekhar-kapur/)

> [I am far more comfortable with failure than I ever will be with success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shekhar-kapur/i-am-far-more-comfortable-with-failure-than-i-ever-will-be-with/)

[Shekhar Kapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shekhar-kapur/)

> [I am not possessive at all. In every relationship I have had, the girl has left me. And the fundamental complaint has been that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shekhar-kapur/i-am-not-possessive-at-all-in-every-relationship-i-have-had-the-girl/)

[Shekhar Kapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shekhar-kapur/)

> [I gave up the idea of having a career when I was 24. Sounds glamorous, but I've been doing things since then, and part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shekhar-kapur/i-gave-up-the-idea-of-having-a-career-when-i-was-24-sounds-glamorous/)

[Shekhar Kapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shekhar-kapur/)

> [I admire people who come to politics because it takes a lot of courage to be in politics in India.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shekhar-kapur/i-admire-people-who-come-to-politics-because-it-takes-a-lot-of/)

[Shekhar Kapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shekhar-kapur/)

> [The question is - did Richard Attenborough have a right to make 'Gandhi?' And did Danny Boyle have a right to make 'Slumdog Millionaire?'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shekhar-kapur/the-question-is-did-richard-attenborough-have-a-right-to-make-gandhi/)

[Shekhar Kapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shekhar-kapur/)

> [I tell a story, and therefore I exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shekhar-kapur/i-tell-a-story-and-therefore-i-exist/)

[Shekhar Kapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shekhar-kapur/)

> [I have devoted my life to uncertainty. Certainty is the death of wisdom, thought, creativity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shekhar-kapur/i-have-devoted-my-life-to-uncertainty-certainty-is-the-death-of/)

[Shekhar Kapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shekhar-kapur/)

> [As a director, my job is to spend money, and the producer's is to save money. Masoom, Bandit Queen and the first Queen Elizabeth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shekhar-kapur/as-a-director-my-job-is-to-spend-money-and-the-producer-s-is-to-save/)

[Shekhar Kapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shekhar-kapur/)

> [Fall in love so madly that every leaf whispers words of love to your lover. Every raindrop explodes with only one word as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shekhar-kapur/fall-in-love-so-madly-that-every-leaf-whispers-words-of-love-to-your/)

[Shekhar Kapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shekhar-kapur/)

> [Filmmaking is a great adventure. I'm as excited as a kid to be given tickets to fly suddenly to England, South Africa, America, everywhere.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shekhar-kapur/filmmaking-is-a-great-adventure-i-m-as-excited-as-a-kid-to-be-given/)

[Shekhar Kapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shekhar-kapur/)

> [I have a huge political interest. I just wish I had the courage to come into politics in India.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shekhar-kapur/i-have-a-huge-political-interest-i-just-wish-i-had-the-courage-to/)

[Shekhar Kapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shekhar-kapur/)

> [When you get up, the night and day is a contradiction. But you get up at 4 A.M. That first blush of blue is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shekhar-kapur/when-you-get-up-the-night-and-day-is-a-contradiction-but-you-get-up/)

[Shekhar Kapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shekhar-kapur/)

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