Karthi Quotes

Do you know how long it took me to write 'For a Few Dollars More'? Nine days.

I was asked to do a reading of 'G.B.F.' and I loved the script. I thought it was one of the most amazing things I'd read, but it took a year to get a green light for production.

I find that screenwriting is at best kind of a hackwork in some ways.

Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula.

Usually when I write a script, I have in mind some real people that I'm writing about, who don't always act in the film afterward.

I want to write a film. I need to think of the right idea and focus on that; I love writing.

'The Full Monty' was my first feature script, and I wasn't that skilled at it.

I wrote 'Mud' for Matthew McConaughey and had never met him.

When I first heard the 'Urumi' script, I was surprised, shocked, and excited. It was a strong script with a reference to the past. It had fact mixed with fiction. To incorporate facts into a film and introduce fictional characters was interesting. I loved the script.

I've been working on the screen right from childhood and am completely in love with my work. And this experience has taught me that ultimately, it's a good script, good work that matters, whether in Bollywood or in the South.

At the end of the day you do have to write a short novel beforehand, called a script, before you can make a movie.

I love the writing process. It's something that I'm interested in personally and something I always do on every movie.

I'm a big believer that the script is your bible.

The secret of making movies is having the strongest possible script.

I don't think screenplay writing is the same as writing - I mean, I think it's blueprinting.

Screenplay is the toughest form of writing for me, because you need to be in present tense. You need to be describing things as they occur.

Dialogue that's distinctive, funny, peculiar, and specific is the main thing that makes me want to get involved with a film to begin with.

I started writing when I was 26, so I don't even know what year that was. I wrote a script for me to star in. A friend of mine, who was an actor that I would compete against a lot, had written a script and was taking all these meetings. He just kept pushing me and was like, "You got to do it. You're going to love it!" He's a very successful screenwriter now. His name is Michael Bacall and he wrote 21 Jump Street, Project X, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. So it was a few factors.

You're responsible for your own character to a degree, because when it comes to the final draft of the script, you might say, "Well, I think maybe I could add this here, add that there." But I find that I write just as well for the other characters as I do for myself. I think.

I'm a little worried about a Batman versus Superman movie just because it's... I just think it's really tough to pull off. I'm very excited about seeing it, but I think it's really tough to balance those two characters in the same movie.

I think Jesse Eisenberg is such a great writer. He was a great director and really tough.

I always say I want to eventually shift my career to directing and writing.

I love making movies, I love the differentness of it, I love writing. But I've always liked television. I grew up on television.

If you sat down and you wrote a script, you may write something that's way beyond what you've ever seen me do, but if you thought of me to do it, I would be flattered to be asked to do something other than be wise.

I have visions and ideas about different things. Other actors just inspire you, so writing is something I would love to do more of. I would really be interested in doing something in that vein, writing something for myself or someone else and directing for sure.