Imtiaz Ali quotes
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“I have never seen a film being as influenced by the incidents during its making as Highway. The adventures of our north Indian road journey has many stories to tell”
-- Imtiaz AliSource : "Highway Diaries: Songs of the Kashmir valley echo in ‘Highway’" by Stacey Yount, bollyspice.com. December 9, 2013.
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“Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldnt seated in the confines of your home.”
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“Usually, you lose interest in a story beyond a certain point. But with Highway, there was something very subtle, yet something very influential. I intended Highway to be the first film that I ever made. Didnt happen.”
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“My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what was going on in the innards of India.”
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“Anything I wanted to do and achieve has not been influential in my life, but my failures have.”
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“Dilip Kumar was the only Bollywood hero who could make a girl shiver just by looking at her. If you dont believe it, ask your mom!”
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“On the contrary Deepika feels inferior to other people I was surprised when I realised it. She is straightforward & very giving”
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“I myself got married at a very young age. It has always intrigued me because marriage is very synthetic in an otherwise natural world.”
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“I think I am a travel junkie, and I have never enjoyed anything else in my life more than travelling and going to places.”
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“The story of 'Highway' is completely about travel. It is about the fascination of travel to an extent that I don't want to even reach the destination and also being away from society gives you a certain view of the society, so that was the intention of the film.”
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“I think I am a travel junkie and I have never enjoyed anything else in my life more than travelling and going to places.”
-- Imtiaz AliSource : "I’d like to give Jab We Met an overhaul: Imtiaz Ali". Interview with Rajeev Masand, www.rajeevmasand.com.
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“All the conscious decisions that I have taken in my life have never borne fruit. Not even come close! So, I am just very happy not planning.”
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“I try to travel as much as I can... I'm always looking for a reason to.”
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“I come from a middle class background. I have travelled a lot by trains and have lived in the world. It is a world I cannot get away from; I would not even want to.”
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“'Love Aaj Kal' is not really a road movie, but it does involve some travel.”
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“I have always tried to make profitable films because people's offices shut down if films fail, and I will do everything to avoid that.”
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