Today, most big stars want scripts to be written in a particular way, show them in a certain light. They want people to like them for various reasons. It's all about how much people will like me in this film than about whether it's a good film or not.

Gautham Menon

There's nothing quite like a quiet corner in a coffee shop to gather your thoughts and begin writing.

Gautham Menon

In everybody's life, there is love, there is sorrow, there is melancholy. And there might be danger as well.

Gautham Menon

There are people who've told me cinema is a visual medium and you don't need to say so much. When I write the script, all these lines of what the characters are thinking are written. Once the film is shot and the lines are dubbed, I tone it down in postproduction if I feel it gets heavy.

Gautham Menon

I drove past one of the houses in Tiruvanmiyur and asked them if we could shoot there for 'Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya' because it seemed straight out of the pages of the script.

Gautham Menon

It is in college that one gathers confidence as the mind is open to ideologies.

Gautham Menon

Ranbir was my first choice for 'Ek Deewana Tha.' I tried to get in touch in with. Forget about meeting Ranbir. I couldn't even meet his secretary. Yes, even the secretary refused to meet me.

Gautham Menon

I understand that bureaucracy, hierarchy and managing politics is not easy.

Gautham Menon

All the women close to me - my mother, sister, wife and friends - are strong and independent.

Gautham Menon

With Nani, what struck me was his confidence. It has been a revelation. Nani, the most confident actor and it is a pleasure to work with him. Will do a film with him anytime given a chance.

Gautham Menon

The initial response to 'Yennai Arindhaal' was that it didn't have all the quintessential commercial elements, though I consider it as my most commercial venture.

Gautham Menon

What you feel about a film is what you feel when you're in love with a woman. You fight for her love and it's always a struggle... there are misunderstandings and you're always trying to prove that there's more to you.

Gautham Menon

YVM' is a feel-good romance.

Gautham Menon

The lead character in 'Yennai Arindhaal' is like an extension of the protagonists of 'Kaakha Kaakha' and 'Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu.'

Gautham Menon

I understand the angst of a filmmaker.

Gautham Menon

Even when 'Kaakha Kaakha' was released, there were people who gave it an average rating and said they couldn't figure out what was happening. Three days after its release, the producer called me and asked me to remove all of Jothika's scenes from the film. I told him; in that case, you can also remove my name from the director's slot.

Gautham Menon

Though I have an idea about the climax, it always changes when we start shooting.

Gautham Menon

Yennai Arindhaal' is perhaps the quickest film in my career.

Gautham Menon

In Mumbai, I feel like a stranger.

Gautham Menon

Yes, I am nervous before a film's release and withdraw into a shell.

Gautham Menon

I write linearly without knowing the full story. I discover it as I write it.

Gautham Menon