Asif Kapadia Professions : FilmmakerBorn : 1972 Browse All Authors Top 36 quotes by Asif Kapadia It's always great to be able to go to a premiere with the actors there. Asif Kapadia greatgoalwaysable My interest in filmmaking was always very much the visuals and images. Asif Kapadia imagesalwaysfilmmakinginterest Weirdly enough, I live in London - was born there and have lived there all my life - but I hadn't made a film in London for a long time. I hadn't found the right subject. I liked going away, to some far flung place. Asif Kapadia my-lifetimelifelong There's this great TV show we have called 'Later... with Jools Holland', a live-music show on Friday nights. Anyone and everyone's been on it. Asif Kapadia showeveryonegreatfriday I never know going in if I've even got a movie to make. Once you start making a film, you hope there's going to be enough material! My job as a director is always to push for more. Asif Kapadia jobstartyouhope A lot of the time when I'm working, I'm abroad. Asif Kapadia abroadworkinglottime My family didn't film anything. But then you look deeper and realize, maybe there are photographs, there are things. It's also context: You give something a context, and suddenly it becomes really deep or meaningful footage. Asif Kapadia deeplookyoufamily The Tour de France would make a great movie. Drugs, corruption, political chicanery, guys risking their lives - everything you need for a great sports drama. Asif Kapadia greatyoucorruptionsports I wanted to make a film that wouldn't just appeal to Formula One fans. That's what the great sports documentaries do - 'Hoop Dreams,' 'When We Were Kings' - they're human dramas first, sport second, if at all. Asif Kapadia dreamsgreatfanssports My films often have a spiritual dimension which comes from my Muslim background, and I'm happy to tackle that in cinema. Asif Kapadia backgroundcinemaspiritualhappy As a kid, I thought movies were boring. My parents would hire VHS recorders for the weekend and watch Bollywood movies. I'd get bored and go out to Stoke Newington common to play football. Asif Kapadia moviesparentsboringfootball I lived in Camden, Primrose Hill and Kentish Town for 10 years. Asif Kapadia livedtownhillyears The subjects have to come with questions for me. I don't make films where I'm a massive fan. Asif Kapadia makequestionswhereme On 'Senna,' it got to the point where there was so much footage that our first editor had the wild suggestion that we only use the archive. Asif Kapadia wildpointonlyfirst I worked in TV for a short time and couldn't stand the fact that we'd always be filming someone talking, just giving information. Asif Kapadia shortstandsomeonetime We were working on 'Senna' for a long time before we were fully financed, so we didn't actually have an editor for a while. Asif Kapadia workinglong-timetimelong Similar Authors Burnie Burns filmmaker Brian Lindstrom filmmaker Brian Koppelman filmmaker Anne Fontaine filmmaker Avi Lewis filmmaker Ava DuVernay filmmakerAll Authors
