When you have a lineage of books to turn to, you can kind of find cool character stuff that you hope to kind of bring into the movie if there’s an opportunity.
I have a certain responsibility towards the audience, my producers, distributors, market and the film industry because they have faith and trust in me so I wouldn’t like to disappoint my audience or the investors.
My choice of films is dictated by my creative instincts. What moves me as a creative person or as a human being…that is what drives me in accepting films.
Cinema is an ocean. You can never swim the entire length and breadth of it. As long as the plunge is sincere, you stay afloat and get to your destination.
The moment I start doing films which have the potential to only do `100 crore business, my choice becomes very limited. Then, I can only do an Avengers or a Spider-Man, which would bring in that kind of money.
It was important to be flexible and in shape, at least just in terms of a confidence that you can step on set and be comfortable with what you're doing...
