Quotes About Planning

I don't go into rehearsal for a production unless I've figured everything out.

I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in rehearsal or on the stage there will be a problem I didn't anticipate. It's really good to think we got it all nailed - of course you've never got it all nailed.

I'd be happy to have run rehearsals for a month, but it gets expensive to do that.

I like to rehearse and rehearse and have everything exactly calculated before we start shooting - probably to a fault.

Actually, I've done it the other way so many times where you rehearse the band and you do the whole thing with lights, the show and the crew - everything. Then you see what happens and you're already committed to dates. I'm just sort of putting out feelers this way.

I try to stay ahead of things, if you know what I mean. I take the money I make and reinvest it.

I have never planned my career. I chose those films with which I could relate myself. But if given a chance, I would love to do the kind of roles Meryl Streep has done.

The way I relax is I think, 'I haven't got anything coming up.' I like to know there are months ahead when I've got nothing.

Every season, we spend what really should be our hiatus, and what really should be me relaxing on a beach, planning out the whole season.

There are many critics who invite me on their show, and I have told them that when my film releases, you will give it one-and-a-half star rating. That's fine. There's no issue because stars will matter when I'm planning to open a five star hotel. When I'm making films, I don't need stars.

It's healthy to have two or three weeks' gap between big releases.

I release my scoops strategically.

Neither me nor Suresh Babu hurry up to release our films.

To make the most of a Christmas track, you have to plan months and months in advance to release it or really do anything with.

'Balls of Fury' was a 45-day shoot when it probably - hindsight being 20/20 - probably should've been a 75-day shoot with all the ping-pong action.

If you're hiring a manager for two to three years, you need to get it right.

It begins with the kind of story the writers want to tell. We never sit around in those retreats and say, 'We really need to make a change. Let's change this character.' Or throw a dart at the wall and see what hits. It all begins with story.

For me, baseball is more comparable to chess than it is to hockey.

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you've blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.

You don't want to be playing 36 holes on the day before a game.

Even after creating a budget and being more money conscience, it's still easy to overspend during the holidays.

As an actor, I always have this thing where I can't plan ahead for holidays or a break because I don't know when I might be needed for the next job.

A city of homes should not be built as a business center.

There's always something that I will always find to do, because I just enjoy working so much. There's always something on the horizon; it really comes down to scheduling and making it all happen.