Pooja Bhatt Quotes

If we have a great idea, we'll go, 'Oh, this could be a cool movie.' Or really for us, it's more like, 'Oh, this is a really bad idea. Let's do this. This seems really stupid.'

We all feel that if we have a crazy idea that might get laughed at, there's nothing wrong with seeing if there's a crazy writer out there who agrees with us and can take it to a crazy network and somehow bring something that's a little bit daft and edgy to life.

The best roles have risks... and those are the parts I'm interested in.

I feel every day that everything I create - everything I do - I want it to be a risk.

The greatest of the greats wouldn't be the greatest of the greats if they didn't try stuff, you know what I mean?

Working in network sitcom arenas, whenever you decide to depart from the norm and tell a story that's not typical, I think you're always a little bit nervous.

In life, a lot of great ideas sound insane or absurd at first.

Follow your instincts. Do the kind of writing you love to do and do best. 'Stiff' was an oddball book - I mean, a funny book about cadavers? - and I worried that it would be too unconventional. In the end, that's what has made it a success, I think.

If you're not making some mistakes, it probably means you're not trying hard enough.

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

The challenge is that the day before something is truly a breakthrough, it's a crazy idea. And crazy ideas are very risky to attempt.

I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting.

While I've never 'phoned in' a performance, I think I have given some performances where I could have been a bit braver.

Everyone is trying to do something that hasn't been done and that's a really good thing. You can only do so much with a story and some scripts don't give you the opportunities and other scripts do give you the opportunities to do things that haven't been done before.

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

But sometimes I think you have to try to do things that people don't think are doable.

Well, every movie is an experiment. And the only way you can grow at what you're doing is to take chances. You can't try to stick with what worked last time.

What my father especially taught me was to not always take the safe road, the easy road. If you are going to do good work, you have to risk failing badly.

Don't hold back in your writing. Take risks. Go ahead and tackle that crazy idea that you think will never fly, because that may be the one that makes you stand out from the crowd. Keep pushing the envelope.

When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.

Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.

I praise CBS for taking a risk, which is always the price you pay for opportunity. This is not standard movie of the week storytelling. I think movies of the week have fallen into a niche and that isn't my niche.

If you don't occasionally make a mistake, you aren't trying hard enough.

Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work, taking risks, trying new things. If the door opens, go through it. Always go forwards.

I have a real interest in pushing some of the limits of things that studios don't want to make.