Karthik Subbaraj Quotes

You set out to tell a good story. You don't do it because there is a deep message involved because the movie is almost always bad when you do that.

Good scripts and interesting stories are hard enough to find.

You can dress it up, but it comes down to the fact that a movie is only as good as its script.

For all the hundreds of scripts that are out there, there's not that many that are amazing.

If you do not have a good script, then no matter what the genre is, the film will not be a success.

The super success of '3 Idiots' has taught us that cost of making a film is not important at all; it's all about things going well at the script level.

Our vision is to break the projects into stories that must be told, stories that we would like to tell and stories that people go to movies for. If we can find great scripts that fit these three categories, we will go out and make a movie.

No matter what kind of film one makes, it boils down to whether it's good or not.

It's not about Hollywood, it's always about a good script for me.

All of the good movies are based on how that story was told. And you cannot do it with a bad script, that's for sure, no matter who.

The technology is really where all of the changes have taken place, but the fundamentals of a good story being the basis of every good picture, and really the only basis still remains the rule, more so today, I think, because we've unfortunately weaned an audience from birth to kind of mindless movies.

Some of the material out there - I don't want to say that it's all bad - but there's a lot of bad stuff out there. You just continue reading scripts, and eventually you find something you connect with.

I think a good script is a rare thing, and I think no matter who you are you have to fight for the good ones.

I think the script is the key. Regardless of how great everybody else is working on a film, if you're working on a script that you don't think is great, you're not gonna be able to make a great film. Whereas if the script is great, then you can.

It's very difficult to find good scripts in Hollywood any more.

If I get lucky and I can choose, I would always choose a really good story and screenplay, even if I don't know the director. If there's a good screenplay, there's a chance that something good is going to happen.

Good scripts are hard to find.

Writing fiction is the 'job' I try to keep at the center of things. The movie stuff has been a wonderful accident, though not entirely bizarre, either, as I have done some work in film before, and even directed a ridiculous, cable-access feature back in my 20s.

There are a lot of good stories out there, but I haven't found too many great scripts.

You could say that Iron Man was a second-tier character, and it turned out very successfully. I simply think it's down to the movie itself, and whether people enjoy the movie, are involved in the movie, and that it entertains them. From that point of view, the movie has to stand alone.

When I sit down to write, I don't think, 'OK, what is the next David O. Russell film I can write, or what is Harvey Weinstein going to want to buy?' Or even, 'What are filmgoers going to want.' I try to think, tell a good story. Just do what you do.

I read the script for Wonder Boys, and I said that was almost perfect, it was so classy, cool and funny. It's a really specific thing. We stuck to it, it turned out good and a lot of people liked it.

A horrible script 99 percent of the time means a horrible movie. But if you start with a good script, odds are you're going to have a good movie.

The success of the movie industry comes from the story. And the story comes from somebody putting something down on paper.

Ensure that your script is watertight. If it's not on the page, it will never magically appear on the screen.