Film Selection Quotes

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

I'm a working actor so I never really pick a film because of a genre, and I don't really turn them down because of genre. Anything that's unlike the picture I just finished is always more interesting.

I'm an emotional person. I chose films based on emotions.

I pick up what is offered to me. And if somebody is not offering me the right role and right film then I am not going to choose.

I do my work to the best of my capacity. I don't pick a role looking at its length. I take up a film because I would like to see it.

If I will do a movie in the future, I will take it up only when I'm 100 percent sure about it.

Before signing 'Dawat-E-Ishq,' I came across few more offers, but none of them interested me. This film has a soul, and I went for it.

I'm sure a bunch of 15-year-old kids would way rather I do 'Superbad 2' than 'Moneyball.' But I would love to do movies like 'Superbad' and movies like 'Moneyball.'

I think early in my career, I didn't choose films that were crappy films, necessarily, but I didn't go out and campaign for smaller, better roles.

I am not someone who believes to doing a film just because it is off beat.

If I get an interesting script, I will surely do it. I just don't want to do cliche films.

I am very happy with the films that I am getting.

When I am offered a film, I don't ask whether I will be singing any of the movie's tracks.

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

Cannes Film Festival prefers political films. We have to target certain festivals based on our films.

It becomes important to do the right films, than do 10 films in a year. You may do it once, but it'll never happen again.

If it took some effort to see old movies, we might try to find out which were the good ones, and if people saw only the good ones maybe they would still respect old movies. As it is, people sit and watch movies that audiences walked out on thirty years ago.

The secret of success in cinema lies in not just being talented but showcasing your talent to the audience. And, that happens only when you get the right films and directors.

Although I'm not Christian, I was raised Christian. I'm an atheist, with a slight Buddhist leaning. I've got a very strong sense of morality - it's just a different morality than the loud voices of the Christian morality.... I can't tell you how many films I've turned down because there was an absence of morality. And I don't mean that from any sort of Judeo-Christian-Muslim point of view. I'm not saying they're wrong and can't be made. But, fundamentally, I'm such a humanist that I can't bear to make films that make us feel humanity is more dark than it is light.

Even after the Tamil 'Ghajini' became a superhit, I didn't go on a signing spree, though I was flooded with offers. I took my time before doing 'Pokkiri' and 'Dasavatharam.'

I'm trying to be a working actor. I'm not in pursuit of fame. I'm not trying to be in the kinds of films that make you famous like that.

I could have signed 10 films after 'Jai Ho,' but those films would have done nothing for me. I wanted to wait for the right project.

At a certain point people want to see other movies besides comic book movies so you have to be really careful what you're going to pick, and how many are going to be released within a year.

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

I enjoyed all my films equally. I have loved working in all the movies which I signed. Whenever I used to like the script and the director only then I would say yes for the movie otherwise it was a complete no.