Priyadarshan

I don't make movies for pseudo-intellectuals. I don't want them to watch my films.

Romance on the screen happens even with people who do not have off-screen chemistry. To bring that out from them is my job.

When I did a film with Salman Khan, he used to get up at 5 in the morning for shoots. If I can handle Salman then I think nobody in the industry is a problem.

I thank my dad for giving me a good exposure to comedy since childhood. He was a librarian and I would read a lot of comics.

'Hulchul' is a family comedy. You can call it 'humor around families.'

I am scared of my overconfidence.

No big Hindi film star wants to work with me. They are busy with their own dreams.

I am not involved with 'Hera Pheri 3.' I have told the makers that I am not interested.

When the actors look your character, half the problems are solved.

If you want to sell a film, you have to make it in an exaggerated way. Otherwise, you have to make it for your own satisfaction.

It is very challenging to make a fresh screenplay based on a used plot.

How many remakes are really successful? From 100, 98 are failures. That's because those films are remade without taking into consideration the sensibilities of the audience. I don't do that.

I feel bored if I sit for 10 days at home. I take only 30 days off for my family in a year.

I have always been a workaholic.

My Hindi remakes are better than my originals except sometimes, the Malayalam actors perform better.

With each film of mine, I was learning about the art of movie-making.

When I saw the original versions of 'Virasat' and 'Gardish,' I felt the content was so good but that they had shot the films very badly. I knew that if I could get such content, I could shoot it much better. That was what I did.

If you are thrilled about a screenplay, execution never becomes a problem, so that's the way I have achieved 75 films.

Without critical acclaim, you are just a successful commercial director, and nothing more.

I was a great fan of Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy; they always inspired me.