I used to live in Pillgwenlly, and there was this old Italian pizzeria that used to be there with a really amazing character who ran it. Asif Kapadia More Quotes by Asif Kapadia More Quotes From Asif Kapadia My interest in filmmaking was always very much the visuals and images. Asif Kapadia images always filmmaking interest 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-life time life long 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 show everyone great friday 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 job start you hope A lot of the time when I'm working, I'm abroad. Asif Kapadia abroad working lot time 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 deep look you family 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 great you corruption sports 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 dreams great fans sports My films often have a spiritual dimension which comes from my Muslim background, and I'm happy to tackle that in cinema. Asif Kapadia background cinema spiritual happy 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 movies parents boring football I lived in Camden, Primrose Hill and Kentish Town for 10 years. Asif Kapadia lived town hill years The subjects have to come with questions for me. I don't make films where I'm a massive fan. Asif Kapadia make questions where me 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 wild point only first 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 short stand someone time 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 working long-time time long
