Ram Gopal Varma

I would say that if a man like Balasaheb Thackeray can exist, 'Sarkar' can exist.

— Ram Gopal Varma

Even the biggest flops have been liked by a few select people.

— Ram Gopal Varma

'The Godfather' has been a film which has influenced me a lot.

— Ram Gopal Varma

I feel that Sarkar is a realistic superman in his life.

— Ram Gopal Varma

Great films happen, and no one can make them on intention.

— Ram Gopal Varma

I like to see women getting drenched in the rain. So to that extent, I like 'Barsaat.'

— Ram Gopal Varma

I always had a fair share of hits and flops.

— Ram Gopal Varma

I think every star was a new actor at one point of time.

— Ram Gopal Varma

I grew up with Western films, and I always wondered why Bollywood never made films like that. Why do we always have…

— Ram Gopal Varma

To see Sridevi making tea in Boney Kapoor's kitchen was a huge letdown. I won't forgive him because he brought the angel…

— Ram Gopal Varma

The reason I make more films is that I work all the time without taking a break, and I enjoy it.

— Ram Gopal Varma

The people who work with me know how focused I am, and so I would advise people who are not concerned with…

— Ram Gopal Varma

Any film, whether it worked at the box office or not, I'll have my favourite moments from it.

— Ram Gopal Varma

The whole idea of making 'James' was to make an action film in the style of the 1970s and '80s.

— Ram Gopal Varma

I sometimes think many reviewers write the reviews of my films even before they see them.

— Ram Gopal Varma

Films like 'Satya,' 'Company' needed a pan-Indian audience. The affinity for Hindi film and subjects was there.

— Ram Gopal Varma

When I was making 'Satya', many people said that nobody would like to watch such dirty people. But, when the film worked,…

— Ram Gopal Varma

Stars work because of familiarity. They fill theatres because audiences know who they are. There is a brand equity. But there are…

— Ram Gopal Varma

The industry has a standard way of judging actors: they do ten films, they get X price, and they get this number…

— Ram Gopal Varma

First of all, 'Sarkar' is not an underworld film. It's about a man at the head of a feudal set-up in the…

— Ram Gopal Varma

Everything in 'Satya' was by chance. It was a film which just started evolving by itself. I just went mostly by instinct…

— Ram Gopal Varma

A film, I feel, is a state of mind. A film eventually comes from an idea: based on an idea, you make…

— Ram Gopal Varma

My journey to Sridevi started when I was preparing for my debut film 'Shiva.' I used to walk from Nagarjuna's office in…

— Ram Gopal Varma

In Telugu, I have 'Bejawada Rowdilu,' a movie on the gang war culture in Vijayawada.

— Ram Gopal Varma

I have learnt the hard way that ignoring a small fry can be many times harmful.

— Ram Gopal Varma

I like people who have clarity about their work.

— Ram Gopal Varma

I have always put the same effort in all my films irrespective of their outcome.

— Ram Gopal Varma

'Naach' doesn't have any of the traditional, conventional ingredients of a love story.

— Ram Gopal Varma

Fundamentally speaking, bodies age; feelings don't.

— Ram Gopal Varma

You are likely to make more mistakes with a light-hearted film than a serious one.

— Ram Gopal Varma

Modern warfare has become too techno-ish for my sensibilities.

— Ram Gopal Varma

Any film I make, my intention is always to make people like it.

— Ram Gopal Varma

Sridevi is the most beautiful and the most sensuous woman God ever created, and I think He creates such exquisite pieces of…

— Ram Gopal Varma

My driver shops for me; he selects my clothes. That is why my driver and I wear the same clothes.

— Ram Gopal Varma

The point is that a filmmaker is like a journalist in projecting reality in the true sense of the word. Only thing…

— Ram Gopal Varma

I make movies on gritty topics like crime, the underworld, and horror. I don't make movies with good-looking people in good-looking locales.

— Ram Gopal Varma

Some of my scripts need the larger catchment area of Bollywood. But some suit Telugu films.

— Ram Gopal Varma

I feel there are only well acted or badly acted roles and no such thing as a good actor or actress.

— Ram Gopal Varma

I despise all those who fight for peace. It's only the bad guys and the troublemakers who create entertaining and history-changing events.

— Ram Gopal Varma

I don't think I take risks. People think I do, but I don't. In fact, I think conventional-formula filmmakers take more risks…

— Ram Gopal Varma