45 Quotes by Shekhar Kapur

It is awkward to see a director on the screen.

I admire people who come to politics because it takes a lot of courage to be in politics in India.

India was formed on the idea 'Let's get the British out.'

It is interesting that Nehru fought and kept saying that if you break India into languages, there is no end to it.

Heath Ledger is someone I know and would like to do a film with.

I have a huge political interest. I just wish I had the courage to come into politics in India.

When you get up, the night and day is a contradiction. But you get up at 4 A.M. That first blush of blue is where the night and day are trying to find harmony with each other. Harmony is the notes that Mozart didn't give you, but somehow the contradiction of his notes suggest that. All contradictions of his notes suggest the harmony.

As a director, my job is to spend money, and the producer's is to save money. Masoom, Bandit Queen and the first Queen Elizabeth have been my most uncompromised films.

I'm working on a film called 'Bonnie.' Bonnie means water. It's in English, and it's dealing with a future world in a megacity - which is what the U.N. says we're going to be - but in this megacity, a city that runs out of water.