21 Quotes by Garth Davis

I love going to the cinema and thinking you're seeing something, and you end up on a whole other planet, and you can't believe it.

I've always just focused on the work, and I've just tried to be honest with the work. If the work speaks to people, fantastic.

I want to do stories that really move me, that have an audience, and at the end of the day, I want people to feel something when they walk out of the cinema.

Audiences are smart, and they don't need to be spoon-fed everything.

I always want to work on things that really scare me and interest me at the same time, and you know, I definitely had some projects in the past that did that, but the stars never aligned in getting them up. So 'Lion' was another project that really interested me, and the stars did align on this one. It just happened to be my first film!

There's no doubt that 'Lion' is an audience pleaser. I mean, I went to a lot of research screenings all over, in London and America and Australia, and the results were ridiculous, and the crowds were... they just loved the movie, so for me, my job is done.

Most of the available Indian films in Australia are Bollywood. I did not watch them. In my early days, I watched Satyajit Ray's 'Apu Trilogy,' which was a beautiful take on social realism.

I'm very drawn to the human condition and the emotional aspects of stories. It's what's not on the page that I get excited about.

I like to be involved with the scriptwriter early on, helping shape the story, and working out how the story can be told directorially.