You’re not a star until you love yourself. Directors, yeah, they’ve got to love their own philosophies. But actors have to really love themselves. Shekhar Kapur Read Quote
I admire people who come to politics because it takes a lot of courage to be in politics in India. Shekhar Kapur Read Quote
I have a huge political interest. I just wish I had the courage to come into politics in India. Shekhar Kapur Read Quote
Film is drama. You’ve only two hours, so you lie by exclusion, and try to make up for it by portraying the environment. Shekhar Kapur Read Quote
It was expected of all good middle-class Indian people to build India and, as you know, Indians – when we say, ‘build India,’ it was all about being an accountant, a lawyer, an engineer. So it was this idea that professionals would build the country. Shekhar Kapur Read Quote
I often wonder when I make a film – I’m thinking of making a film of the Buddha – and I often wonder: If Buddha had all the elements that are given to a director – if he had music, if he had visuals, if he had a video camera – would we get Buddhism better? Shekhar Kapur Read Quote
When I go out to direct a film, every day we prepare too much, we think too much. Knowledge becomes a weight upon wisdom. You know, simple words lost in the quicksand of experience. Shekhar Kapur Read Quote
I’ve never looked at film-making as a career. I’ve looked on film-making as an adventure. When you come down the mountain, you get ready to climb again. Shekhar Kapur Read Quote
