Satyajit Ray Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“It was only after Pather Panchali had some success at home that I decided to do a second part. But I didn't want to do the same kind of film again, so I made a musical.”

“Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films at the same time, so they will give one director two hours and maybe shoot in Bombay in the morning and Madras in the evening. It happens.”

“What is attempted in these film is of course a synthesis. But it can be seen by someone who has his feet in both cultures. Someone who will bring to bear on the films involvement and detachment in equal measure.”

“My cameraman and I devised a method, which we started using from my second film, which applies mainly to day scenes shot in the studio, where we used bounced light instead of direct light. We agreed with this thing of four or five shadows following the actors is dreadful.”

“Particularly in the final stages I always find that I'm rushed. It's dangerous when you're rushed in the editing stage, most of my early films are flawed in the cutting.”

“When I'm shooting on location, you get ideas on the spot - new angles. You make not major changes but important modifications, that you can't do on a set. I do that because you have to be economical.”

“I mix Indian instruments with Western instruments all the time.”

“You cannot go beyond a certain limit in your expenditure if you want to bring back money from your local market, which is very small after Pakistan.”

“Ever since Two Daughters I've been composing my own music.”

“There is a ban on Indian films in Pakistan, so that's half of our market gone.”