Project Choice Quotes

If a film is a huge hit, you do think properly before choosing your next projects.

I see myself as a technical person who chose a great project and a great way of doing that project.

I do pick my projects very meticulously. I want my projects to be meaningful.

I have never done a show based on whether it will work or not. I took up all my shows because I liked the character and wanted to be part of those shows.

I do my best to choose projects that I believe highlight different things or at least provide some sort of progression for people of color.

You do a movie [where] you like the script [and] it has something to say that you care about. And there are certain people in this industry that you kind of stick with. Guys like [“The Congressman” producer] Fred Roos. They call you, and if you’re not working, that’s what you do.

In cinema, I would not really rate my costar and I would not pick a project because of the costar. I would pick a project because of the director. And the script.

The scripts that I take should be solid in terms of content; only then will my inability as an actor not show up on the screen.

My M.O. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the scripts that are offered me. I'm in this wonderful position to be able to do that.

I'm trying to avoid any more asshole roles, at least for a little bit. The main criteria for me when choosing a project is a good director. I just want to work with these guys that I admire because I do want to direct my own films one day, and I want to pick their brains to see what their process is like, and see what I can take from that.

I don't have an interest in being a director-for-hire on sitcoms - but if it's a really cool show that I thought I could bring something to, I would love to do that.

Prior to Saving Private Ryan I never worked with men. I was always working with some babe, and it was always about falling in love, and it just got turned around. I'm not looking for any particular kind of story. I wait until it comes across my desk.

I feel like I've been picky through the years and would do one movie a year or one movie every two years, and I want to work a lot more. So if I can find something that just happens right away as a director, I'll do it if I really love it, but otherwise, I want to keep working as an actor and getting better.

The worst is when I talk myself into something. Sometimes you take things because you want to work with a certain actor, or you want to work with a director, even if the script or the part's not that great.

I had been contemplating working on fiction show for some time and 'Humsafars' seemed like the perfect choice.

When good things come in, my agent calls or sends me the script. But I allow them to sort through the offers so that I am not just sitting and reading everything because honestly, sometimes the scripts that appeal to me are projects that are not good projects, but I just really like the script or the characters.

I am on the lookout for smart scripts and stories where my role has weightage.

I don't have any specific criteria on doing a drama based on where and what country. If I like the storyline, I'll go for it.

I would like to take up any kind of film that comes my way if I find the story interesting and challenging.

I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.

Almost every script that I've gotten has been for sort of the generic Hollywood type. I haven't chosen them. All the ones I have chosen are because I've been fascinated with the source material or because of the script.

We only take on projects that we're really passionate about.

I am glad that I am in a position to select scripts I would be comfortable working in.

I try to pick interesting projects, the kind of projects that I would want to watch.

When 'Dum Maro Dum' came my way, I took it up without thinking that I was crossing any boundary. It was a good film, and I wanted to do it.