After 'Bhaji On The Beach', I didn't make a movie for six years. I couldn't get a movie off the ground for love nor money. It was a very tough time and I almost gave up. If I had been… — Gurinder Chadha Copy Share Image
There was a time when I first started that there was such a thing called 'a woman's film' and there were certain scripts that women would make. But I think that's changed a lot now. I think that if a woman director walks into a room with a script, it doesn't really matter what the subject matter is, or the… — Gurinder Chadha Copy Share
It is hard directing and being a mother. The hours are terrible and you have to sort of suspend your life when you're in production. I can absolutely see why there are so few women directing, because it's physically a very demanding thing to do. Fathers can only do it because they have wives at home doing all the other… — Gurinder Chadha Copy Share
If a good actor wants a role, they'll do whatever it takes to get the part. Directors are the same. We do 'meetings', not… — Gurinder Chadha Copy Share Image
The reason I do what I do is that I find that Asian community gives me an endless source of humour. When I entered… — Gurinder Chadha Copy Share Image
When you have a baby you start thinking of death cuz' you see the opposite of life. I've calmed down now but for the… — Gurinder Chadha Copy Share Image
It is hard directing. The hours are terrible and you have to sort of suspend your life when you're in production. So, being a… — Gurinder Chadha Copy Share Image
After 'Bhaji On The Beach', I didn't make a movie for six years. I couldn't get a movie off the ground for love nor… — Gurinder Chadha Copy Share Image
I'm a good Indian girl, I still don't do sex scenes in my movies because my mum would kill me! — Gurinder Chadha Copy Share Image
There's so many people telling you what you should look like, what you shouldn't look like, what clothes you should be wearing, whether you're… — Gurinder Chadha Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter how complex your plot or your characters are; you have to be able to express the big idea of a film… — Gurinder Chadha Copy Share Image
