Shoojit Sircar Quotes

The key, I think, from a business point of view, is to learn how to be efficient in making a record that's not too expensive, so that you're not going crazy spending tons of money making a product that might not ever return that money.

I always cooperate to complete a film within the budget. Not a single film of mine has overshot its budget.

I try not to shoot unnecessarily or spend on extra expenses that normally happen on a film set - like actors' fees.

There is never a time in a company's history when cost control can be relegated to the back burner, but for a startup company, keeping costs low is a vital necessity.

When a project has an ample budget, I am interested now in using bigger units of materials.

The key to building a sustainable content company is to control costs.

If a manager can't control his costs, fire them.

Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.

Control your expenses better than your competition. This is where you can always find the competitive advantage.

We cut a few corners and brought the picture in under budget by $25,000, so Paramount let us go back to Boston with a small crew to shoot some additional footage.

Cost reduction and cost control are by their very nature sort of anti-social activities.

Budget drives everything that we do.

I really don't want the best people at the highest cost.

There's always a concern over budget with film too but people are more extravagant when they're making a feature. In television everything's tight, everything's paired down and it's just a question of making it look expensive.

I got so good at writing to a budget, my brain was restricting myself. I'd write, "It's a stormy night." Then I'd cross out stormy. I'd write: "It's a calm night." Then I'd cross out night. It's noon. Because you know how much night costs. You know how much rain costs. Nothing comes free in movies.

Economy consists in a due and proper application of the means afforded according to the ability of the employer and the situation chosen; care being taken that the expenditure is prudently conducted.

I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.

If you're a producer, you always spend too much money because you want that shot - and you're willing to spend a bundle to get it.

Heavy lifting doesn't need to be heavy spending if we do the job right.

Once a film costs a certain amount of money, things have to round off.

I went through all my electric bills, the water bills, the phone bills, elevator contracts, and I found enough wasteful spending without reducing any programs anywhere, without reducing any services, I found enough wasteful spending to pay my entire salary for three years.

And with the money from your corn, from your rents, and from the issues of pleas in your courts, and from your stock, arrange the expenses of your kitchen and your wines and your wardrobe and the wages of servants, and subtract your stock.

The more you keep costs down, the more freedom you have creatively.

Even on a $100 million film, people will complain that they haven't got enough money and enough time, so that's always going to be an element in filmmaking.

I've always worked very efficiently on small budgets, both in documentaries and in features.