Ram Gopal Varma Quotes

I would tell filmmakers: 'Don't just be seduced by the same old, same old. There are interesting things you can explore that may get your film out there to audiences better than the traditional distribution mechanisms.'

I guess edgy things tend to get my attention.

It was actually the enormous risks I took with my pictures, skating right up to the edge of non-acceptance, that paid off so handsomely.

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.

To design something really new and innovative you have to reject reason.

We are exploring creative models to pursue innovation outside the confines of our normal process, taking calculated risks and learning from them.

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.

I have some ideas for things nobody's done before, and some are ideas bigger than me that I might be able to pull off, maybe.

You can do a formula film and walk the conventional path, but it may not work at all.

If you're making a smaller movie, you're almost obligated to do something unexpected and surprising.

If you're not getting any bad reviews, you're not taking enough risks

I want to work on things that aren't self-evident, to propose things that are radically different and game-changing.

There's real peril in trying to repeat yourself, and apply rules that applied to something else to a new project.

Do not be afraid to offer ideas that draw opposition. Remember, if no one is against your idea, then your idea probably doesn't do anything.

Big companies have trouble with innovation. Innovation is about bad ideas, or ideas that look like bad ideas. That's the fundamental thing.

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.

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

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.

Outrageous behavior, also known as the lunatic fringe, is the seed bed of innovation and creativity.

Oculus is a company that often does things differently. But we don't want to do things so differently that we start to get into trouble.

I think 'crazy' is a compliment. I think you make money with people who are crazy.

I think when you take the big swings - and I've done plenty of big swings that I was told were never going to work - those are always the things that break through.

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