Quotes About Commitment

If I'm not convinced about my role then there's no fun in working on a project.

I put my all into whatever project I do.

I often say flippantly that the short story is... shorter; you can be done with it more easily. It's much less of a commitment of time and energy than a big project like a novel or long nonfiction book.

We're kidding on that. One of the things I insisted upon when we went into this project was that we are full partners, going fifty-fifty, both on the money and on the say of what's going on with the books.

It's my job to really commit myself to the material and the project and be proud of what I've done, and I am in most cases.

You'll read things and say, this is a really good project and it's probably going to be a hit, but I can see 20 other people playing that part. You have to have some sense of ownership to do a good job and be married to it for ever.

When I start something, I know people I am working with, it's a project they're interested in.

I think at the beginning of a project, you decide if you're in love with the idea and what it's about, or what you think it's about at that time at least. Then you commit to it, and once you've commit to it no matter what, no matter how many self doubts you have, you're in it. The ship's sailed, you can't turn around.

I feel that when people hire me they know it's going to be a collaboration and that they hire me for what I give on all sorts of levels, from my movement to the emotion I bring to the project, the passion, all of it.

The moment you have children and a mortgage you want things to work; you're locked into the human project and you want it to flourish.

You just see a good project and want to be involved in it, and that's what 'Dexter' was.

When I was 16 or 17, when I started, I never even considered not doing a project. I just wanted to work.

'The Client List' is my baby. I always tell people, 'It took nine months to put this project together because it is my baby.' And, it really did take that long!

The 'clean energy' challenge deserves a commitment akin to the Manhattan project or the Apollo moon landing.

I don't care where I have to go for work. I just care that it's a good project. That's what I want.

In a perfect world, I only act when I really want to. I don't do most of the stuff that is out there, but it's a joy and a pleasure to do anything that promotes this higher power - this light, if you will. I just think there aren't enough projects in the world that do that.

No new projects at the moment. There are restrictions to how much I can take on. And I need to finish those that I am committed to do before thinking ahead. But I'd rather they take final shape before we talk of them.

I'm not in a hurry to do a lot of projects. I am very resolved in each project I take on.

Film is my hobby, so I will work well through the night to develop films, whatever film I'm doing or dream projects I have.

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

Now, there is no way to say how long some projects take, that's our principle.

As a writer who has collaborated on projects, you give your life over to that project.

A lot of the projects I've been involved with have been my babies, and I'm not going to give my baby to anyone else.

I said no to too many projects in Mumbai because I felt that it wouldn't have established me as an actor.