Books Quote by Naseeruddin Shah Download Open image “Film industry people don't read books.” — Naseeruddin Shah ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Film Film industry Industry People Read
Authors of books are not given very much control over the films that are made from their books. — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
We used to say a movie could never come close to a book, but no one reads books anymore. — Rose Troche Copy Share Image
I can't stand it when writers moan about what film-makers might do or have done to their books. There's a very simple answer: don't… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Great books don't make great movies. There's too much information in there. — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
“I just don't understand why some people think that every book you read ought to be "improving". No one goes to the cinema with… — Catherine Jones Copy Share Image
Every filmmaker has this short book of films that don't get made - for a whole host of reasons. — Debra Granik Copy Share Image
Books provide context and allow you to think about things over time. Film is like writing haiku; there is an immense amount of pleasure… — Geoffrey Ward Copy Share Image
I've seen movies that are slavishly devoted to books but don't work because they haven't turned it into a movie: they've turned it into… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
A lot of books, if you take them at face value, they're just not gonna work as films. — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
Books can create a depth of story, a background of information and ideas, that televison and movies can't. Sure, the television shows may shock,… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
To me, the most important elements in a theatre are the actors and the texts. — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I am hard put to think of a single positive thing that commercial Hindi cinema has achieved. — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
