Karthi Quotes

As a kid, I sat transfixed watching Ray Harryhausen's '7th Voyage of Sinbad.'

When you see 'Lord of the Rings,' you want to feel like you've been dropped into it and that you're part of it. You don't want to be aware of how it's being done; you just want it to feel really seamless.

Although it is a fantasy film, it's as real as it can be. You have to imagine that an audience will buy their ticket to a cinema and get on a first-class flight and journey to Middle Earth.

The sets were fantastic. The Harry Potter sets are brilliant. You do get transported for a second.

The learning curve is 'The Hobbit' is being shot in 3D.

The Lord of the Rings movie set an entirely new standard for fantasy in the movies.

I am fortunate enough to have worked on, and continue to work on, evolutionary movies in all formats from just simple good story telling, which still matters most of all, to CG movies to tent-pole size 3D movies, and genre 3D movies like 'Piranha 3D.'

And it's very hard to do this stuff too because there are so many effects movies being done, so many companies busy doing this work and the public just wants to see it. Good work is being done all over the world.

I'm one of the guys who wants to watch the film completely done, with special effects, sound and music, because I tend to get disappointed if I watch it not fully done.

I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies.

How stupid do you have to be to imagine that you can turn 'The Lord Of The Rings' into a film script?

'Clash Of The Titans' is one of the biggest movies I've done; it was certainly the most effects I've worked with.

I've read every single fantasy novel there is. I mean, I would challenge a lot of people to read more fantasy novels than I have.

I like working on big budget films.

When I first read 'Lord of the Rings,' I wanted to see a film of it. But at that time, the technology wasn't there; there was no such thing as CGI.

When they're good, there is nothing like a big film.

Film sets are constantly amusing because you really are creating something that is so very surreal, and I kind of like that.

We love movies like 'Edge of Tomorrow.' It's why we go to the movies, and it's why we make movies.

I am a fairytale person and firmly believe that movies are made to entertain.

The good thing about feature films is that the budgets tend to scale.

'Galaxy Quest' was cool to work on. When I first signed on, I really didn't know anything about it. I read the script, which I though was cool, but it wasn't until I saw the designs for the CG stuff that I knew it was going to be pretty sweet.

When doing a fantasy show - or a show with fantasy elements - the more you can anchor an effect to reality, the stronger the illusion is.

I would love to have more original material developed. 'Pacific Rim' has made that slightly more possible.

Being on set and seeing all that green screen, and how it activated my imagination, was amazing to me. I fell into that world very easily, and it was incredible to be a part of.

You can't just do cheap CGI and think that's going to work. It doesn't.