Hansika Motwani Quotes

For me now, it's about what you would write and what you wouldn't write, and that's how I select what I am going to do. It can be quite nice being brought a concept by a studio for me to work on.

I have been sent three or four scripts for television series, but there wasn't anything I really wanted to do. I want to tell a good story, whether it's a TV show, a movie, whatever. That's really my No. 1 criteria.

You're always looking for good scripts and when they're not always forthcoming you go mad.

These things are hard to pin down. We work on a script a bit, then work on a different one.

If you are still thinking about a script after five or ten years, that's a sign that it's good - not that it's stale. And the opposite is true - if everyone wants to make your movie, that's a sign that it probably sucks.

I find that with every script I get, I go, 'Who knew this? This is so cool!'

I accept offers only when people approach me with a good script, and all those experiences have been great.

Finding one good script is a huge challenge. So I do a film whose script comes and grabs me. Once I finish that, I look forward to the next movie.

When you have great scripts, everything is very easy and fun.

If I can't finish a screenplay, if I can't get to the last page as a writer, it probably means it's not a good movie for me to make.

I take time to write my script, if I have more scripts, I will make more movies.

For all the hundreds of scripts that are out there, there's not that many that are amazing.

When I was in drama development, you hear anywhere between 500 to 600 pitches a season, and you do feel like you hit the wall. But I will never say, 'No, I won't hear that.'

I avoid listening to too many people's comments about my script. I have learned to take in what is of use. It's too frustrating looking at somebody's notes who didn't get what you were doing. If somebody says, 'This stinks, and here are all the reasons,' that's not going to help you.

'Pitch Perfect' was my first screenplay, so it was like my little baby.

If my film fails, I never think it was because the script was weak.

Whenever I hear the narration for a new film, I have this process back home where my mother reads all my scripts.

For me, it's important that the script is good. Then a good director will want to make it.

I care about actors, and I understand them in a very personal way. I'm not saying every writer has to do that, but in my case, it's been helpful. I can put myself into the scene and think, 'What would it be like to act this?' Any writer who's really good probably does that to some extent.

Most ideas remain inside you for a while. You tell somebody when there is a spark or a thought, and leave it at that. You come back later, write down a few lines. I makes note in my mind on whether it can be made into a film or not.

I get attracted to projects because of the script or the idea and the basic character.

For me, writing is a part of directing. It's the first stage of directing.

I like having an idea, or hearing an idea, and getting it into a proper script.

I just want to work on good scripts.

Writing a screenplay is an act of faith. First, that it's interesting enough that anyone would want to make it. Secondly, that anybody would want to watch it, let alone enjoy it.