Parineeti Chopra Quotes

You can't, no matter what anyone says, build a movie around someone.

I'm always attracted to lower budget, not because it's lower budget, but because they tend to be better scripts. It's the scripts that tend to be the small arthouse film that tend to be more actor-led and character driven.

I like character-driven stuff. It doesn't matter, the size of the part.

I love good film, whether it's an independent or studio film. The independent films, I think the good ones aren't necessarily eccentric ones but they're the more specific ones.

The shows I've been working on, especially 'Parenthood' and 'Friday Night Lights,' I think are completely character-driven stories. I think, for most writers, that's a privilege to be telling those kinds of stories. It's erroneous to me.

First comes an idea. Then, characters begin to evolve out of the landscape of that idea. And then, finally, characters dominate: plot is simply a function of what these people might do or be. Everything has to flow from their personalities; otherwise it will not be emotionally engaging, or plausible.

I just noticed recently that in one book after another I seem to find an excuse to find some character who, to put it idiotically simply, is allowed to talk crazy.

Hollywood is a film industry, a film business. I don't approach my career in that way. I see it as 'art,' and I become involved in films that ring my bell.

I think it's refreshing to have a character-driven 'Batman' story that isn't just about action and getting out of scrapes.

'Luther' is raw and brutal like 'Game Of Thrones,' but it's coincidence. If I'm drawn to anything, it would be the writing. Choosing a project is an organic process where I'm taken in by the character and storyline, not the genre, whether fantasy or gritty and raw.

I realized, because I've been doing these very small, character-driven movies, that this is entertainment. This is so much fun.

All the movies I've made are essentially character-driven movies about people that I'm interested in.

I've starred in many melodramas, but the reason 'Something in the Rain' is so special to me is that I feel like I'm living in reality.

You don't put your personal viewpoints in a good movie. A movie should only be concerned with characters, not some big moral, although it's always underneath.

Most of my films have been very character driven.

We can't put up a movie that looks beautiful but doesn't have substance.

I am not bothered with whether my characters are conventional or not. Because I am not in this for the designer labels and the autographs.

I want to do films that are genre-based and character-based.

It is not the team that creates the comfort zone. I thinks it's the kind of films. You keep doing same kind of films that makes you comfortable. But none of my roles have been the same. They have been different, even though the films' premise were the same.

Those are my favorite kinds of movies, where the plots are quite small and character-driven.

I am open to any good script and the character I can do justice to.

I don't run after successful directors. I give importance to the content of the film.

It is always good to be cast in films with good stories and content, made by such amazing banners and directors. For an actor it's a task to work in films like these.

It does not matter to me how many dialogues I have in the film or the screen time. It is all about story and characters for me.

I'm a character-driven director, and I tend to fall in love with the characters in my movies and TV shows.