R. Madhavan Quotes

I'm not put off so much by first-time directors if the script is great. If the script isn't there, I'm not there.

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.

I think that whenever there's a good script we try to make that happen, but it's all based off of a good story, a good script, but I don't believe you should do it just because it's African-American.

It slightly depends on your perspective, sort of how you look at these things, but when I sit down to write a script, I'm not planning to write a script; I'm planning to make a film, and so I only see the script as being just a step there.

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.

You can have a million dollar, 20 million dollar budget or 60 million dollar budget, and if you don't have a good script, it doesn't mean a thing.

It's possible for me to make a bad movie out of a good script, but I can't make a good movie from a bad script.

If I can't finish a screenplay, if I can't get to the last page as a writer, it probably means it's not a good movie for me to make.

For me, it's important that the script is good. Then a good director will want to make it.

I accept offers only when people approach me with a good script, and all those experiences have been great.

Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.

If I feel like it's a well-written script and if it speaks to me, it's something I want to do. I usually rely on my instincts when it comes to a script.

I always choose my projects for the script or what the director want to tell with that story. And if I like the story.

There's no such thing as easy, but it's easier when a script is good.

I think the script is the key. Regardless of how great everybody else is working on a film, if you're working on a script that you don't think is great, you're not gonna be able to make a great film. Whereas if the script is great, then you can.

If a script comes together, and you end up liking the people who are part of it, that's when you can make magic happen. It's a huge combination of trying to find something you think you can deliver on and a director you think you can collaborate with to make a good picture.

If I want to write a movie, I'll write a screenplay, but if I have an idea for a book, it's something that I think can only be done novelistically.

I know very few people who have literally improvised a film from start to finish.

For me, I get a part of an idea here and a little bit of an idea there, and then finally it accumulates into a movie.

Well, I think every film student goes into film school thinking they want to write and direct their own movies, and they don't realize how much goes into it, and what a process it is.

I want to make my own films from my own scripts based on stories I want to tell, but they take time to put together.

It doesn't help anybody to put out a bad script.

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

When you have a good script you're almost in more trouble than when you have a terrible script.