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I prefer doing feature films.
Big feature films are another world.
I really want to get into feature films.
A lot of feature films do two pages a day.
Most feature films are 35-40 shooting days.
I will definitely direct feature films one day.
I definitely want to go the route of feature films.
I did a lot of short films before doing feature films.
I see myself starring in and producing major feature films.
I took an incredibly roundabout route getting into feature films.
The good thing about feature films is that the budgets tend to scale.
We do documentaries on the history of cinema in between our feature films.
In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
In feature films, unless there was a body count, they weren't hiring me to direct it.
You should bear in mind that almost all my documentaries are feature films in disguise.
I enjoy making feature films, but I'd rather be in a good TV series than mediocre movies.
The version of me you see on TV now and in my feature films is a pretty happy guy, isn't he?
Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.
I was working in commercials and music videos, always with the goal of working in feature films.
My 13 year old, my girl Missy, has made four feature films. She's the most grounded, level-headed kid.
I like to shoot feature films because it's about capturing emotions... words like guilt, hurt, betrayal.
I would love to get into feature films; I'm willing to do an action flick, I'm willing to do a romantic comedy.
There's an irony about making a film about punk because punk isn't supposed to have feature films made about it.
After doing two feature films, I got an idea for a thriller film and felt this could be made without any dialogues.
People who actually tell stories, meaning people who write novels and make feature films, don't see themselves as storytellers.
I don't think there's so much difference between making documentaries and feature films. I think it's even harder to make documentaries.
It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way.
I'm in a happier place because my dreams are coming true. I'm acting in feature films, and I'm travelling the world. Before, I was just broke.
I graduated from UC San Diego, wanted to work in film to get my hands-on real experience, did music videos, TV, feature films, all kinds of stuff.
Feature films seem geared toward very large budgets, action, broad comedy. That seems to dominate all year where it used to be relegated to summer.
I would like to be an actor, but I really would like to be a director of feature films. That's what I want to be when I grow up. I want to make films.
I never try and send messages through my feature films; it's always naturally woven in and comes through on its own, as that's the way I think about society.
I feel that cinema can't change society or bring a revolution. I'm also not sure of cinema as a medium of education. Documentaries can be educative, not feature films.
As I began making my feature films, it was a great adventure. It was about constructing something I saw in my head or I had designed on storyboards and capturing that on film.
My mother gave me this book called Feature Films at Used Car Prices by a guy named Rick Schmidt. I gotta credit the guy, cuz he gave me the most practical advice. It empowers you.
Now, after the communist take-over in 1948, the amount of feature films produced dwindled to three a year, while the school was, you know, every year another three, four, five students.
I think everything you do, whether it's low budget things when you're first starting out or full feature films or when you're working with Hollywood, you're always learning, all the time.
In TV, writers generally are the show runners, and they have enormous control over everything. In feature films, very often the writer will turn in a script and never be heard from again.
I wrote 'Paava Kadhaigal' the same way I wrote my feature films 'Irudhi Sutru' or 'Soorarai Potru.' I was more honest in this film rather, because you can afford to be real and get away with it.
I went from a sitcom to a hospital drama, feature films. I've kind of been living the actor's dream. I'm not associated with one role or one medium. You're lucky if you're associated with one hit show.
For seven years, I made films in the cinema verite tradition - photographing what was happening without manipulating it. Then I realised I wanted to make things happen for myself, through feature films.
We have new tools that can give the audience a sense of not only being there, which is the key element in an IMAX film, but also seeing things in a way that they won't see on television or in feature films.
In feature films, I used to be the hero's friend, a regular character. In short films, I played the hero; I got roles where I could work on my character and performance. They made me aware of myself as an actor.
With feature films, it's a one-time judgment once your film is premiered. Reviews, box office, and then you move on to the next project. With TV, you are being rated and judged weekly for an eight-month stretch.
I usually take up short films when I am not tied up with feature films. Short films are easier to work on... because it doesn't take much of your time. The number of shoot days are lesser as compared to feature films.
I look at the feature films that come out, and by and large, 85 percent of them are things I wouldn't in a million years sit down and watch. The more interesting storytelling is happening on television by a long shot.
I think feature films sell on the idea, and I think TV works based almost entirely on execution. I don't think anybody is going, 'Wow, that show is executed poorly, but the idea is so cool I just have to keep watching.'
When I do feature films, I usually have a very strong sense of what I want to do. I have topics and subjects, so I go for it. I even know technically what I want to. But in the case of documentary, the story comes to me.
In India, we always look at feature films as a progression over short films. But, abroad, people make a living making short films. The revenue might not be as much as in feature films, but the return on investment is good.
I have done a lot of work in Hollywood myself. I worked in television for roughly 10 years, from the mid-'80s to mid-'90s. And I was on staff at a couple of shows. I did some feature films, including originals and adaptations.