Vijay Sethupathi Quotes

I can't do a film just for the sake of it.

Everyone has different goals. For myself, I would rather take less roles and be working on films that I'm passionate about, that are going to challenge me, and that I'm going to be growing from. I don't ever want to take a movie just for the sake of working.

The only reason I ever do an independent film is that I believe in it, and I think it has something special to offer. I'm certainly not doing it to be a millionaire.

The only reason why you should do a film is because it creatively carbonates you and gets you going. If you're doing it for any other reason, you've lost sight of why you're acting in the first place.

As a composer at a point where I can absolutely pick and choose what I want to do, I don't want to write about anybody I don't care about.

I just don't want to do films for the sake of it.

If you're not doing it for the right reasons, then you'd be dumb to be making documentaries.

I don't love big films for the sake of big films. It's not been a career drive to get to that point.

It's not that I was not getting offers but I don't want to do petty and insignificant roles again and again.

I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.

I don't necessarily go out and try to do something that's going to be just something that will please the audience. I'm not interested in doing something where I get the most people to come see the movie at the same time and they get the biggest explosion. I'm not interested in that.

I know the volume of my work is less and I would have wanted to do more films. But I can't do just any role. That's the reason why I have done less crappy films.

I don't believe in doing 20 films a years and being on number one, number five or anything that kind.

I admire actresses who are willing to jettison the easy route toward exposure and commercial success as an actor in favor or a slow burn, choosing projects carefully, and building an artistic practice over time that feels specific to who they are as artists.

I'm happy I'm doing films at a slow pace rather than doing anything and everything.

I had always wanted a top spot, ever since I came to Japan in 2008.

If I like a script, I will definitely pick films of different genres, but I won't do something just for the sake of it.

I've always had very high aims for my life and for my career, for anything that I do.

Because I'd grown up with this singular focus on sports, I just kind of did that with acting. That became an obsession. How am I going to make it? How am I going to figure that out?

If I ever want to get back into coaching I should be calling teams they shouldn't be calling me. That's when you know you really want to do it.

It's not about me, it's about the music. I don't do this because I want to be a star. I don't do this because I want to make a lot of money.

I don't want to just do any acting role that comes just for the sake of getting in a film.

Instead of signing 10 films a year, I'd rather do a couple of films where I can give my best performance and am appreciated by audiences.

I was that sort of obnoxious girl, I remember being 10 at careers things where people were talking about becoming secretaries and I said I don't want to be a secretary, I want to have a secretary, and people would sort of look at me slightly perplexed.

I'm just trying to do big things with my career all the time.