Sudeep Quotes

There was a time when I read a script and I just got excited about the possibilities.

Sometimes you do feel a script that glows in your hand the moment you start reading it. By page four of Shakespeare in Love, I said, 'I have to be in this movie.'

The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.

Everything you do on set is directly related to your imagination when you read the script for the first time.

The only thing that gets me back to directing is good scripts.

Acting is my first focus, but at the core, I'm a storyteller, and however that comes out is fine with me.

Good scripts are hard to find.

As an actor, there is room for a certain amount of creativity, but you're always ultimately going to be saying somebody else's words. I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions.

Now I can't wait to write my next play.

My only qualifications to be an actor were that I'm daring, and I'm a quick learner. I've always learnt by watching what other people do. It's the same with my writing. I write what I know. Structurally, I write in a very undisciplined way.

I try to make films that I find exciting. It makes me want to get out of bed at five in the morning, have my make-up done and play for the rest of the day.

If I have a long period of time away from acting, I tend to write.

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

For me, it has always been about acting and I will do films which are content-driven.

I'm going to call WWE like I call everything. Yes, I'm going to be passionate. Yes, I'm going to be excited, but at the same time, I'm hoping to get better as a storyteller, and I'm hoping to complement the people I work with who have been doing this a lot longer than I have.

Acting is probably what I'm best at, but there are certain stories kind of rattling around in my head that I like the idea of developing over time.

Acting is my first love and I want to stick to it. But I would be happy to offer my inputs to a script, if asked.

I sort of love reading the scripts and going, 'Oh wow, what a great idea. I never would have thought of that.'

When I was a kid, I used to make up all these characters. I love comedy a lot, and I don't get to do it often. Somewhere in the middle, I shifted into doing drama.

You have to have heart's passion to write a novel.

At this point, I'm happy to be part of something special. As an actor I liked to choose scripts that I'm passionate about.

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.

Everyone has early fiction fantasies, but it wasn't until my second child Betsy was born that I allowed the urge to write a novel bubble up.

Storytelling is what lights my fire.

Love is the answer to everything. It's the only reason to do anything. If you don't write stories you love, you'll never make it. If you don't write stories that other people love, you'll never make it.