R. Madhavan Quotes

I haven't really tried to write a movie. It's tough to get into that mode.

I want to direct, I want to be part of something creative, something with quality.

What always leads me in terms of my movies are characters.

Films are all about decisions, and that's what I love.

Directing is a very long process, and I have to be in love with it if I want to give up two years of my life and live with it from beginning to end!

When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea.

I love the work that goes into making a movie and creating a different world. It is a wholesome experience.

To make films, it always begins with two words: what and how. First of all, you have to find a story, or what are you going to tell? And you have to find a way to tell it visually.

'Just' writing is every bit as important as any other creative part of a film.

I am not interested in doing a film on the basis of a good story. I want a proper screenplay.

When you make a film, you never quite know what you're getting into.

You could make a film out of just about anything so long as there is a clear vision about the story.

The idea of 'Roja' was with me for seven years before I made it.

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

When I do a movie, I have the script. I know how it begins and how it ends. I know what my character does and where he's going. If I have ideas I want to express or changes I want to make, there's one guy: the director. It's different in television.

Every film is a puzzle really, from an editorial point of view.

The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.

When you make your first film, there is a hell of a lot to think about, and you've got to have a gut understanding of your material.

You do a film and you know where you're going, you have this material to stretch and play with as much as possible because you know how it ends.

There are no great scripts - just great films.

I love writing, and I love postproduction. That's great, because you start to reassemble the film, and you sit there, and you start to really put the film together, finally. The shooting of it is the most stressful part of the process.

I never know going in if I've even got a movie to make. Once you start making a film, you hope there's going to be enough material! My job as a director is always to push for more.

Directing was easy for me because I was a writer director and did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay.

Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it.

A lot of the films now are more focused on the visuals than on the actors. I think all directors should go to drama school.