Prabhu Deva Quotes

All the director wants is their idea of the movie to be believed in.

The first and primary requirement for me in a director that I'd want to work with is: do they love writing, and do they love the collaboration process with writers?

I don't think I'll ever be a producer who's into taking the meetings and fighting the big fights with studios. I really don't like that part. I'm much more interested in the material.

A film goes through so many hands, that by the time it's done, it might not resemble what you thought you were making.

The director is the only person who knows what the film is about.

What you do is get the right director and the right screenwriter and the right cast. It's a fantastic job.

The first thing I ask when I'm offered a part is, Who's the director? which is something they never understand in Los Angeles.

I definitely managed to do different kinds of things. My focus is usually who the director is, because at the end of the day the director is the storyteller, what the movie is all about. I don't want to participate in something that I don't think is constructive storytelling.

I would always rather do a mediocre script with a great filmmaker than a great script with a mediocre filmmaker.

If a script comes together, and you end up liking the people who are part of it, that's when you can make magic happen. It's a huge combination of trying to find something you think you can deliver on and a director you think you can collaborate with to make a good picture.

I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.

If I had to choose criteria, for me, it's about first the director. I want to be a part of something that's good and intellectually challenging. After the director it's the character and the story. That's the deal for me.

I don't believe in development. I believe in pre-pre-production, so when I sit down with an idea for a movie, I'm thinking I'm going to make this film. I don't think about anything else.

Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.

For me, the most important thing is the writing - and certainly the director. But if the writing isn't there, it doesn't matter who the director is!

I've worked with some really great directors, and I'm really choosy about them because they're telling the story at the end of the day.

A producer is supposed to generate an idea for a movie. And then they're supposed to create the team, the group of people that are gonna make this movie. And within that team, the producer has to have a creative vision and a fiscal vision, and they have to adhere to both things.

I take time to write my script, if I have more scripts, I will make more movies.

Justin Theroux is the ideal team partner to have. He's a writer. He's a director.

It's good to work with a writer-director.

I have the soul of a director.

For me, it's important that the script is good. Then a good director will want to make it.

I think one of the biggest jobs of being a director is getting the casting right.

I would prefer to work for directors who give me the script and written screenplay at the outset.

As a producer, it's your job to bang on the table and convince studio heads why great movies should be made.