Quotes About Selectivity

I guess I made a resolution years ago that I would only do things that were only really important or really fun.

I'm the type of person who doesn't do television just for the sake of it.

I want to be choosier. I can't let quality take a back seat... not after 'Kaaka Muttai.'

I'm happy I'm doing films at a slow pace rather than doing anything and everything.

It's not that I don't get on bandwagons; I just climb aboard only after most of the band has packed up and left for the next gig.

The greatest filmmakers are not the ones who put everything in; they're the ones who can figure things to leave out, and in doing so, invite your participation.

I don't go to the openings of shops or parties given by people I don't know.

A man sees what he wants to see, And disregards the rest.

There are times I turn off my Wi-Fi, and I'm selective about what I want to share with the world now.

So I never wanted to be an actor anyway, so I only do the films which appeal to me and my sensibility.

I let the other reviewers eat the bad meals, so that I didn't have to, and my wife and I went out only for the good stuff. And I wrote mostly positive reviews. Not only. But mostly. And, ooooh, it felt an awful lot better.

People say they make movies to show what 'really happens.' But they only show what they choose to show.

You can't tell your story to everybody, I said. Maybe you can only tell it to one person.

I am in the position where I don't have to work for the sake of working, so I'm very lucky, in a sense. So, I can always sit back and wait for a project that I respond to, that I want to do.

I could have signed 10 films after 'Jai Ho,' but those films would have done nothing for me. I wanted to wait for the right project.

I'm certainly not a person who spends their every waking moment soaking themselves in signs and signals of the sort that cult studies people study; and it's partly, I suppose, because some of those signs and signals aren't worth bothering about. You have to be selective about these things.

I only do few films, so when one comes out, it is a big deal for me.

I'm always open to anything. I haven't been that selective, I've just been fortunate to get projects I'm excited about. It's a little bizarre being a part of things that you really, really enjoy.

Even when you have a big budget, you can't just shoot everything.

I use Facebook, but I find that I'm... if I put up a picture of my dog there or a sunset or something, I get a million hits. If I mention anything to do with my career, three people respond. And/or if I say anything political, I have to duck afterwards. I try to be selective.

If you're posting pictures to platforms like Instagram or Twitter, be selective about the one you post. If I'm capturing a sunset, I'll take at least 10 pictures. I'll then filter them using other apps, enhance them. Then, I really pick the best image of perhaps 30.

the only thing these facts clearly show is that people tend to see what they want to see.

Whenever someone tells me she is a procrastinator, I respond by asking them, "Did you eat this week?" Of course, the person will always answer yes. The fact is, no one procrastinates all the time. What you may be is a selective procrastinator -- which means that if something is important enough (like eating), you are perfectly capable of taking care of it right away.

Fuck 'em," said Ford, slumping on the bed. "You can't care about every damn thing.