Vignesh Shivan Quotes

I've always believed that it's the film that chooses the actor and not the other way round.

We chose the actors thru a series of auditions when we started the show.

Casting is everything. If you get the right people they make you look good.

Casting is everything. I put a huge amount of work into casting, and consistently across my career, I am most proud of my bold choices I made in casting.

I'm not in a rush to do anything. And I wouldn't say I pick and choose. When it comes to producers picking people for roles I don't think it's between me and Tom Cruise, do you know what I mean?

He was also very clear that the decision to cast me as Cora was all Michael's.

Because actors don't get to pick movies; movies pick the actors.

I think filmmakers are always interested in getting the best actor that they can find, the person who's the most right for it.

A director should cast a person who fits into their script.

With movies, they have a certain person or style that they're looking for. It's not that they don't like you, but maybe you're not the person that's right for their movie. That happens a lot.

If a film is being made by an intelligent director, they're going to cast the right guy.

When you do casting in Hollywood, it's always the same question: 'Who is available?'

For most actors, it is the script that chooses them and not the other way around.

Roles should choose an actor and not vice versa.

Before I was cast for 'Brothers,' we all knew that Karan Johar was looking for an actress for to play a mother's role. I never thought that he would think of casting me.

When it comes to casting for movies, it is a priority that you cast right. The guiding principle must be what is right for the movie, that is the basis you cast someone, not because so-and-so is a friend.

Even when they have a star that they're going after, casting directors love, if anything, just the excuse to see people. They like to have a dugout full of actors that they can go to.

As roles go, very rarely do you get a role written for you or a director who wants you and only you for the part.

After watching my Kannada film 'U Turn,' director Kannan narrated the story of 'Ivan Thanthiran,' and wanted me to attend the auditions in Chennai. He selected me after seeing me perform to two difficult scenes I was given during the screen test.

[Tony Richardson ] just liked me, knew I was going to be what he wanted [in The Hotel New Hampshire], and that was the end of it. It was unbelievable.

Some people come to you because if you're in their movie, it'll help them raise money. And some people come to you because they think you're the person to play the part.

There are so many things that go into casting that you just never know.

I started taping my dad's auditions when I was 11, when he was auditioning actors for one of his movies. I would see, over and over again, that there wasn't just one actor for the role. It was really clear that there were a lot of people who could play a character really well, and it would always come down to something kind of weird and non-obvious as to why a person was cast. If you're not right, you're not right, but that's okay.

You can't just pick people for their hair color or the shape of their face. You have to go with the best actors.

I think it's worse for actors, though, because people have to choose you. As a director, I get to choose the actors, but most of the time, actors have to be chosen in order to work.