Karthi Quotes

I'd just like to be in films that I would like to see.

For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could add value to, or contribute to, that I feel I could portray.

It's not seeing myself 40 feet tall on a movie screen - it's the work. That's what thrills me.

I got the 'Max Rose' script, and I fell in love with it. It just hit me. It was something that needed to be made.

For me, the drive is storytelling. To be a part of an art that tells a story and to be a catalyst, a color in that, is very exciting.

I never really do much research before signing a film. It is just the script and character that I concentrate on.

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.

Oftentimes, you read these pilot scripts that come through for American work, and they don't sing to you. I've got to be honest, not many of them ignite the flame or give you that burning feeling of, 'Oh, God, I really want to be a part of this.'

If I read the right script, if that script needs $5 million, if that script needs $50 million, I don't care. If I read a project that's beautiful, that I really want to make, whatever it needs, it needs.

Doing a movie is a stressful thing. You spend months of you life focusing into that one project, and I want to make sure I do something I really like or I'm really passionate about.

I don't want to make a movie till I have an idea I have to make. I don't want to make a movie just to make a movie.

Once I've finished a film I just want to get on and make another one.

I usually choose movies that I would want to see. I appreciate drama and if the right script came across my desk, drama you will see.

If the script grabs me and appeals to me, I'm really very keen to work on it.

One thing I'm passionate about is directing. I've always wanted to direct.

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.

I've chosen all my films very carefully. I know that I've had better parts in some films than in others. But the films I do are the ones I want to see when I read the screenplays. I guess you can basically say that I've just done things I loved when I read them.

Every time I choose to do a movie, I make the decision because of what I think I can learn from it.

It's not about choosing a specific genre; that's not how I go about deciding what movies to make.

For me, the driving emotion of selecting a film is that I just love that story. It may give a message, it may not give a message - that's fine. I just loved it.

Everyone wants to do only those films which they find interesting. That is the way the industry works.

I'm just a sucker for a good script and people that are passionate about it. I love independents.

I no longer take on everything offered. Instead, I go up for roles I like, things that I would enjoy watching, stories that I want to tell.

I make sure that whatever film I do, I enjoy my role.

It seems so cliched and obvious, but write the movie you want to see in the theater.