Selective Approach Quotes

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.

I have no concern with widening audience.

Our problem wasn’t that it blew up and was impossible to scale, but there were some bad choices made. One of the biggest lessons time after time was to focus. Do fewer things.

Choose your customers, choose your future.

I've never felt a strong urge to rush into Hollywood, so I bided my time and waited till I had a decent body of work to show people, the icing on the cake being 'Salmon Fishing' and 'Parade's End.'

'PKP' was a huge success, and even the sequel did well. I became very choosy after that.

I only take on roles that I'm passionate about.

... and you can only have 2 or 3 things everyday, because everything else will just come at you; you know fires in a day.

Good parts just don't fall off trees. I try to be very careful about what sort of projects I attack. There's an audience out there that expects high standards from me.

I still work really hard, but I like to think I'm a little smarter about at least the type of movie I'm getting into.

Money is important, but I gotta like the song to play it. I won't just jump on anything because someone asked me to jump on it. I'm a musican. I love music. I gotta like it and feel comfortable with it.

I've been offered a few movies lately, but I don't want to do a movie just for the sake of saying, 'Oh, boy! There's popcorn involved in this.'

I have a growing resume, but it's because I'm very selective. There are a lot of actors in my position that are like me: they have an opportunity to make a lot of money early in their career, and they do that, and after that, there's nothing to sustain that. There's no art or interest in your craft from the people that want to see you.

Instead of signing 10 films a year, I'd rather do a couple of films where I can give my best performance and am appreciated by audiences.

I have made a decision that in future, I will only take on movies that have a better than 75 per cent chance of being made, and that's not easy.

I think it remains a film-by-film process, and since I am relatively selective and slow, it can take a while.

I enjoy my work, and I take what appeals to me.

I wanted to change the rules of engagement, asking for more- from fewer. I was insisting that we had to have only the best people...If you wanted excellence, at a minimum, the ambience had to reflect excellence.

I am selective, but at the same time, I want to be out there as an actor and show people my range.

I just don't throw things against the wall that aren't gonna stick.

I choose my roles carefully.

If I like a script, I will definitely pick films of different genres, but I won't do something just for the sake of it.

Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.

I feel like everyone directs their own career according to their taste, what they migrate to emotionally and what kind of artists they want to work with. And I'm lucky enough to be in a position where I can wait six months for a project that really interests me.

You don't have to do everything; just do what really matters.