Arjun Rampal Quotes

It is important to be financially savvy when you turn producer. As a director, you just need to have a good script in hand.

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

I've had various experiences where I've been called by Hollywood studios to look at a script or comment on various scientific ideas that they're trying to inject into a story.

I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays.

Good scripts are hard to find.

A horrible script 99 percent of the time means a horrible movie. But if you start with a good script, odds are you're going to have a good movie.

I had written a script called 'Freed,' which I had wanted to direct.

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

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

There are many great writers out there and, actually, great scripts. The problem is - and this is what I've always felt, even when I got out of school and started reading scripts - the really smart, character-driven stuff tends to be smaller films, and they just don't get made.

When I finally finished writing 'Sisters,' I started getting hired for lots of rewrites.

I take time to write my script, if I have more scripts, I will make more movies.

I get so many scripts a day but none of them inspires me. If I get a good inspiring script, then I will be most happy to make it into a film.

Hundreds of people who've never written before send in 'Dr. Who' scripts. They may have good ideas, but what they fail to realise is that writing for TV is incredibly complicated. They have no idea how difficult it is and what the financial commitment is.

I started acting when I was really young. I knew I wanted to be in the industry in other ways. I knew that I wanted to do more than just act. I don't know that I knew it was screenwriting, but I just knew that I wanted to be involved.

I allowed the scriptwriter to come to my parties for research and it's a good thing he did otherwise I don't think Personal Services would've been so good.

My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot.

I have been writing since 11th grade, and have a few features that have almost gotten off the ground. I really want one of my features to come to life.

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

I'm a filmmaker; I want to make films. I don't want to sit in a hotel room waiting to make films, and I can control my thing in Denmark; I can make the film I want to make... of course, I have to write a good script, all that, but if I do my job, it will happen.

My father was a screenwriter, and I kind of grew up in that world. I always had a mind for characters and dialogue, and my head was filled with that stuff, so it seemed like a good place to start.

I went to the University of Toronto to study the history and theory of film, in the back of my mind thinking I'd go to NYU film school and see if I could make a career of it.

I find that most of my scripts have a lot more scenes than most films, so the average movie might have 100 scenes, my average script has 300 scenes.

Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film.

I was asked to do a reading of 'G.B.F.' and I loved the script. I thought it was one of the most amazing things I'd read, but it took a year to get a green light for production.