Quotes from Zoya Akhtar
But if you can empathise with a character and if you can emotionally resonate with that character and understand their emotional journey, I think you are home.
- Zoya Akhtar
I am always pleasantly surprised by the criticism because I learn from it and sometimes shocked by it.
- Zoya Akhtar
Films were always a passion for me but it was when I saw 'Salaam Bombay' that I decided that it was film direction that I was interested in. That is when I decided I wanted to direct films.
- Zoya Akhtar
I have a phobia. I have a serious phobia of rodents. I don't even like white mice, hamsters.
- Zoya Akhtar
Well, everyone in my family is a writer. There is a big contribution on the script level by everyone.
- Zoya Akhtar
I think actors get paid a lot and technicians don't get paid enough and I think that it should change because a good film, which is like a complete package, needs every single member of that team. I think we need to pay them more.
- Zoya Akhtar
I mean tomorrow if I want to make a film about a queen that lived in the 15th century, I can't be like I can't make it. I should be able to make it.
- Zoya Akhtar
Films like 'Scarface', 'The Godfather', 'Goodfellas' and 'Casino' are something I can watch again and again and from anywhere. I love them so I have to make one.
- Zoya Akhtar
Don't try to be anyone else because that's been done before. Find yourself and what makes you tick.
- Zoya Akhtar
When you're scoring music for a film, it has to be interwoven with the narrative, it has to reflect the mood, the ethos.
- Zoya Akhtar
I write my films with Reema Kagti, and I think all the characters that I have written, somewhere or the other, reflect my thoughts, ideology and morality.
- Zoya Akhtar
We need to develop artists who are not just scoring films. I'm hoping 'Gully Boy' can help with that.
- Zoya Akhtar