Om Puri Quotes

The Indian film industry does not believe in investing financial resources in scripts.

Everyone in Hollywood has a screenplay.

I was always writing scripts, and I had made several shorts, before and after film school. But I worked a variety of temp positions over the years.

I remember the first script I wrote after 'Swingers' was a Western, and I just couldn't get it made.

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

I've been a screenwriter for twenty-five years. Every one of my books have been optioned for movies and I have written a few of those screenplays.

I would love to work in a Bollywood film as there is so much drama and colour in the films there.

I have done a lot of work in Hollywood myself. I worked in television for roughly 10 years, from the mid-'80s to mid-'90s. And I was on staff at a couple of shows. I did some feature films, including originals and adaptations.

India needs better producers than screenwriters. No producer wants to invest in out-of-the way scripts.

I was hired to do this one great script called 'Cap'n Ricky' and that project is up in the air at the moment.

I'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer.

'Hardware' came about because I had written quite a few scripts and hadn't had any luck getting them made.

For sure, without question, the writing is better on TV pound for pound than movies because the businesses have changed so much. So all the great writers would rather work for TV, and they do.

'The Full Monty' was my first feature script, and I wasn't that skilled at it.

Since I began making movies, I've always looked for screenwriters instead of going through the long and painful process of writing.

A producer friend of mine from film school had read some of my early screenplays - some experiments I had done to see how fast I could write something.

First hand on 'Go Goa Gone' I learnt how to write on final drafts, how the process works.

The idea of being associated with Bollywood prompted me to get into DVD distribution.

I would never turn down an invitation to co-write another Pee-wee Herman movie!

Whenever I hear the narration for a new film, I have this process back home where my mother reads all my scripts.

Like a lot of people, I sold my first script in graduate school at UCLA, a 'Joan of Arc' for producer Joel Silver.

I grew up with Western films, and I always wondered why Bollywood never made films like that. Why do we always have to break into song?

I just want to work on good scripts.

I think the larger productions in India are very methodical and pretty much on the ball in terms of work. When I say work, I mean pre-production and the homework that's required.

I am now confident about attempting a Hindi film. I believe if you have a good story to tell, audiences will watch it.