I do one film at a time. I can't wake up early. I can't do too many films.
Most feature films are 35-40 shooting days.
Usually, you can shoot a movie in 10 or 12 weeks.
I've learned that I really want to shoot short films on a short schedule. There can be very good films that run 110 minutes, but 90 minutes is beautiful.
I try to do as much as I can, but I simply can't shoot two films at a time.
I personally believe the film turns out better when shot in one short schedule, plus it doesn't stress the actors.
I'm not shooting every day of the week, which allows me to fly home to be with my kids for the weekends. That's how I keep it moving.
Film and television, one is generally faster. Television generally moves faster in terms of directing, schedules and getting things done. Film, you're on a pretty tight schedule, so the process is the dame.
With a pie, the crust is a real delicacy. It's very hard to get it just right because it's got to be cold and just the right consistency. There's a whole art to it and I haven't learned how to do it [filming in Waitress].There's not a lot of time for cooking, especially when you're shooting nights or working until 11pm.
I've never been on a film when an entire cast signs up for the entire time.
'Race' is one of the most successful film franchises in Bollywood. So I was really excited and honoured on being approached for the film. But since I was already committed to another film during the same time as the makers are planning to shoot 'Race 3,' things eventually didn't work out, unfortunately.
To get into the process of doing back-to-back films, it takes getting a little used to.
I don't understand how people do so many films at the same time. For me, two films a year.
I wrapped that Monday and started on my third episode for Miss Match on Thursday of that same week and we just wrapped yesterday cause it was split over the holiday.
When I got back from shooting 'Deception,' I was under contract with NBC, so I can't really do anything.
We shot the movie [Waitress] in 20 days so there wasn't a lot of time to learn. There wasn't a lot of pie baking going on, at least not by me. But we always had pies while we were filming - we ate two different pies every day for lunch!
We shot 'Lucas' in 42 days; that's a lot of filming.
I can never take a break from Telugu films, because they have given me a lot of recognition. No matter how busy I am or the number of films that I do elsewhere, I always keep my schedule free for at least two to three films in Telugu.
Hollywood has a longer pre-production period and they juggle shooting schedules more carefully for each cast. In Korea, we shoot day and night without much break.
Sometimes films have no rehearsals - you don't have real rehearsals on the set because the day is so dominated by the schedule.
'You Can Count On Me' took 20 days to shoot, and we had 50 days to shoot 'Margaret.'
It often happens that you leave your house in the dark, shoot on a sound stage without natural lighting, and then go home in the dark. A whole week can go past, and it can feel like 12 hours.
There used to be a period of time when you'd shoot big studio movies where you would shoot a couple of pages a day. For a TV show, you've gotta shoot seven to nine. The schedules are much more compressed.
Acting in two films would mean four months of the year, which would leave eight months for me, and if Bollywood needs that time from me, I am ready to give it a shot.
My normal cycle for movies is eighteen months and each part is separate.
