Quotes About Career

If you'd asked me at the start of my career I would have said I was going to be a manager. I may still be in future, but there seemed to be an expectation it was a natural progression for me.

In all of my years in this business, I've always been part of either a progressive band or a metal band.

I'd much rather do an obviously commercial writing project than get a day job.

The thing that was most harmful was that there was always something that was about to happen. So I found myself indulging in the writer's luxury of doing another draft, another idea. If this project isn't happening, then I'll shelve one script and start writing another. And in that way, the years go by, and there's very little money coming in.

The first film is very important, and one needs to choose the right kind of debut project. I also think the second film is equally important, as it needs to be a notch higher.

In any musician's career, a film like 'Manikarnika' becomes a landmark dream project, which is challenging and musically enriching at the same time.

I was hired to do this one great script called 'Cap'n Ricky' and that project is up in the air at the moment.

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.

It was really hard to find another project after my first film.

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

If I wanted to do TV full-time, 'Breaking Bad' is definitely the type of project I would want to do. But TV is not my favorite thing in the world. I definitely want to focus on film. It's what I grew up loving. It's always been about movies, movies, movies, movies, movies. I really want to make great films.

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.

Well I've got lots more great TV projects in the pipeline.

I don't think being a star has ever been part of the plan. But I always want to do really good work, even when I made career moves with projects that made more sense in sort of a career way than in an artistic way... like I did with 'The Darkest Hour.'

In my career, I thought I've never wanted to get anywhere in particular. I just wanted to work with interesting people on interesting projects.

I'm not sure I'll find acting satisfying creatively forever. If you get the good roles, it's great - if you have the freedom to choose your projects and not just do anything and everything.

You can't control the quality of projects that are coming to you, so if you get several in a row that are quality, you take them.

I could probably make more money if I did more commercial projects.

I really liked doing a number of the projects and directors, and etc., etc., I knew about half-way through that I would never be doing that again. It's just not me. I really am happy as a part-time film composer, not a full-time film composer.

Without doing the big blockbusters, I wouldn't be able to find the money to go after little projects that I want to do.

I think 'Mindhunter' has allowed me to get a chance to do larger projects.

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

For me, life is about experiencing many new things and working with good people, working on good projects, and in general, just having any kind of job.

Like any other actor, I want to be part of good projects.