Rajkumar Hirani Quotes

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

I've never had to pitch a movie to a studio. I usually just let people read the script, then I cast it. I always think pitching is for baseball.

'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.

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

The only thing that gets me back to directing is good scripts.

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

I read every screenplay that was being sent to the other directors. None were being sent to me, but I was reading what others were choosing and what the best writers were writing.

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.

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

Since I began making movies, I've always looked for screenwriters instead of going through the long and painful process of writing.

You never know where your next movie is going to come from. You just have to fall in love with something because it's going to be taking up every moment of spare time in your life for about two years. You're going to be dreaming about it and thinking about it and becoming obsessed with it.

Whenever I hear the narration for a new film, I have this process back home where my mother reads all my scripts.

I like writing because when I grow up, I'm going to be a script writer and a director.

I look for scripts that give me a gut feeling that this is going to work.

I started out working as a script editor and storyliner.

Finding one good script is a huge challenge. So I do a film whose script comes and grabs me. Once I finish that, I look forward to the next movie.

Usually with me, the ideas I have for movies just sort of pop into my head. I've read a bunch of screenwriting books over the years and, to be honest, they're mostly pretty crappy.

Everyone in Hollywood has a screenplay.

I have stories that I'd like to maybe one day consider directing, but you need a lot of time to write and put it together.

I wrote 'All is Lost' while editing 'Margin Call'. I did that long before I knew if I was ever going to get to make another movie.

I developed that for a long time. I also developed 'Sugar Sweet Science' at New Line and that didn't happen. That was a boxing movie. And between all that there were a couple of other things.

It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a company that makes films and to be prolific and have a place to put all the ideas that are constantly bubbling up inside of me and that don't let me sleep at night.

I spent a long time working in the movies to figure out that kind of acting and also how to write and produce for the screen.

I started off writing TV adverts. I saw those as rehearsals for a feature film.