The question is - did Richard Attenborough have a right to make 'Gandhi?' And did Danny Boyle have a right to make 'Slumdog Millionaire?' Quite honestly, if they didn't have the right to make these films, I had no right to make 'Elizabeth.' Shekhar Kapur More Quotes by Shekhar Kapur More Quotes From Shekhar Kapur I tell a story, and therefore I exist. Shekhar Kapur stories inspirational directors Cosmetic companies are trying to turn India into a nation of Albinos. No dark area on any part of the body. Except maybe our hearts. Got a cream for that? Shekhar Kapur dark heart trying Why should the simple fact of your having more money entitle you to a greater share of the Earth's limited natural resources? Shekhar Kapur simple earth facts Panic is the great access of creativity because that's the only way to get rid of your mind. Shekhar Kapur creativity motivation inspiration I am far more comfortable with failure than I ever will be with success. Shekhar Kapur comfortable A story is the relationship that you develop between who you are, or who you potentially are, and the infinite world. Shekhar Kapur motivation inspirational relationship In India, the corrupt accuse the corrupt of being corrupt and the corrupt investigate the corrupt and absolve the corrupt of being corrupt. Shekhar Kapur india corruption If time has no beginning and no end, everything is happening, will happen, has happened, at the same moment. All eternity in a single moment. Shekhar Kapur single-mom moments time Fall in love so madly that every leaf whispers words of love to your lover. Every raindrop explodes with only one word as it hits the Earth. Shekhar Kapur raindrops love fall We create stories to define our existence. If we do not create the stories, we probably go mad. Shekhar Kapur existence mad stories 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. Shekhar Kapur blue trying night True love can exist only in freedom from possession. Shekhar Kapur possession love Lessons of Life: When you stop yearning, When you stop aspiring. You stop living. Shekhar Kapur yearning lessons life I spent 15 years of my career trying to convince people that Indian cinema is relevant. I am so proud of Indian cinema and I am so proud of my Indian roots. The IIFAs are doing a great job to this effect. Shekhar Kapur careers jobs years Some of those compositions, they’re like world-class compositions. Honestly, if she wasn’t my daughter, I might have used those compositions, stolen them, and used them in a movie. Shekhar Kapur entertainment I am not possessive at all. In every relationship I have had, the girl has left me. And the fundamental complaint has been that I am self-contained. I am just comfortable with myself and am always on an adventure. Shekhar Kapur myself me girl relationship Not knowing whom to fall in love with is like not knowing which film to make next. Life is pretty chaotic; it's just an illusion that one has control over one's life. Shekhar Kapur control love life fall It was expected of all good middle-class Indian people to build India and, as you know, Indians - when we say, 'build India,' it was all about being an accountant, a lawyer, an engineer. So it was this idea that professionals would build the country. Shekhar Kapur good you lawyer people I have devoted my life to uncertainty. Certainty is the death of wisdom, thought, creativity. Shekhar Kapur my-life wisdom life death In this universe, and this existence, where we live with this duality of whether we exist or not and who are we, the stories we tell ourselves are the stories that define the potentialities of our existence. We are the stories we tell ourselves. Shekhar Kapur live tell existence universe
