99 Quotes by Ram Gopal Varma

Following the West is not surrendering. Following the West, the best of the West, is following originality.

I have a habit of constantly dreaming and waking up every once in a while in the night to check out my cell phone, and I suddenly saw a message that Sridevi is no more... I thought that either it's a nightmare or a hoax, and I went back to sleep.

Everyone knows about Amitabh Bachchan being a legendary actor, and I had this sense of arrogance that I can make him do what I want. But what he did on locations completely blew me away. I realised that I understand the quality of performances even more after seeing him perform.

'D' is about a guy who starts off somewhere, and he's a very thinking kind of a guy. He's not an emotional person; he doesn't react to situations. Instead, he's virtually choreographing the situations. So it's a development of a character.

The shelf life of a specific film has decreased while the number of films required to fill multiplex cinemas has increased.

When I have a new idea, I'm charged up and want to start the film immediately, but I simply don't have the patience to wait for stars.

The thing about audiences is that we can't generalise them. It's very unfair.

It is stupid to think the audience is a bunch of fools who can be manipulated by long titles and NRI romances.

'Naach' doesn't have any of the traditional, conventional ingredients of a love story.