For the last 20 years of my life, I’ve had the mantra to do amazing parts with amazing people in amazing projects, so I’m attracted to good story, writing and character and good people. That’s what I’m always searching for and I don’t think that’s ever going to change.
Scars can be a good story. I survived and I am proud of them. I didn’t want it, obviously. The girls definitely like them.
You can take a handful of dollars, a good story, and people with passion and make a movie that will stand up against any $70 million movie.
Cinema which is well-made, for any kind of audience, is worthy of being watched by just about anybody who would like to watch a good story being told.
If you’ve got a good melody and a good story married together, that’s a good sign for hit-song material.
If a star film does not have a good story, it will not run. This will make stars choose good scripts consciously.
The technology is really where all of the changes have taken place, but the fundamentals of a good story being the basis of every good picture, and really the only basis still remains the rule, more so today, I think, because we’ve unfortunately weaned an audience from birth to kind of mindless movies.
No actor can refuse a combination of a good story, a Balaji production, and the show being aired on Star Plus.
Of course, I’m not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story.
I project love, music and love, and I pray for peace. A good song cuts straight to the heart; sometimes it doesn’t need to be too many lines – of course, I do love a good story.
When I sit down to write, I don’t think, ‘OK, what is the next David O. Russell film I can write, or what is Harvey Weinstein going to want to buy?’ Or even, ‘What are filmgoers going to want.’ I try to think, tell a good story. Just do what you do.
Who are these people who are taking these decisions of casting only young actors in films? It is the filmmakers and the film producers. I don’t know if that is what the audience wants because I really believe that masses respond to a good story.
You have very short travel blogs, and I think there’s a split among travel writers: the service-oriented writers will say, ‘Well, the reader wants to read about his trip, not yours.’ Whereas I say, the reader just wants to read a good story and to maybe learn something.
I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. That is my first and primary goal. Sometimes I can tackle an issue-homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty-and wrap a good story around it.
For me, the first thing is to tell a good story.
Without a good story, a franchise won’t work.
I do think there’s a certain savviness to be able to recognize the way people want a good story, and I think that we underestimate that.
People love a good story, even if it’s a story that has very little truth to it.
