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Screenwriter : Rajneel Singh

Writer of "Gabriele Knight Sins of the Fathers" and "Dark Knight"
Auckland, New Zealand

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Why do you live there?
My parents moved here when I was 13 and I've been here ever since. But I hope to move out and get back to the States (which is where I'm originally from)
when I get the opportunity.

What is your passion?
Making other people smile and be amazed. That is why I write, because I feel that my scripts will become movies that will make people feel amazed and blown away. I love showing people something unique and special and making them understand its significance. I love teaching people more about the world they live in.

What is your pride?
My earnestness. I attempt everything whole-heartedly and with an open-mind.

What is your greatest fear?
Rejection. I fear being rejected by everyone and everything. I'm scared that some day someone won't like me or want to know me and that would be the death of me.

What does adversity do to you?
Makes me seriously rethink my options and plan a whole new strategy of tackling things.

What is your best quality?
My open-mindedness. The size of my heart, my ability to be neutral and judge people equally and fairly. And my ability to improve on other people's work.

What is your worst quality?
My lack of faith in myself. I have confidence in the work that I do, but I have no faith in my own ability to do them. I don't take pride in anything until it is finished and perfected.

What irksome habits do you have?
I don't eat in the daytime at all, only at night. I cannot do any work without some kind of background music I never seem to remember to buy new clothes. I tend to wear my old clothes till they completely disintegrate before buying something new.

If you could have your time again, what would you do that is different?
I would've stopped wasting so much of my time wondering what other people thought of me and I would have just jumped at every first opportunity that was presented to me.

What would you like to change about yourself? About others?
More confidence in myself. I would like to show other people the level of human ignorance and help them identify within themselves that there is only so much a person can understand and that what is left, unknown to them, must be treated with respect and learnt in the quickest possible time.

How important is goal setting to you?
Terribly important. It's the one thing that keeps me motivated and aware.

What goals do you have?
To succeed in what I do best - making movies.

What is your ultimate goal?
Eternal happiness of course :O)

What heroes do you have?
Mahatma Gandhi. James Cameron. Trent Reznor. Gillian Anderson. Martin Luther King Jr.

What inspires you in others?
Faith, confidence, the ability to work beyond one's own limits to achieve their goals.

What inspires you in yourself?
Strength. Nothing can knock me down. NOTHING. I can feel it in myself, it's like a spiritual immunity. My body can be fragile and weak, but my mind and my soul will never give up where others may.

What will be written on your headstone?
(in tiny print) If you can read this then you're standing on my head. :O)

What does success mean to you?
It means proving to myself that I can do all that I think I can. It means regaining whatever self-confidence I've lost in my life. It mean showing everyone that I have the power to change things. That I am more than flesh and bones, that something is alive inside me.

How do you measure success?
By the satisfaction I feel in my life.

What are your pet hates?
Arrogance, ignorance, dogs, people who drink to excess, racism, know-it-alls, religious fanatics

What are your pet loves?
love, cats, chinese and italian food, friends, people who understand the meaning of RESPECT

What do you think of pets?
I love animals devotedly. Animals are so much better than humans in so many ways. They can love more than humans can love. Animals don't care if you're white, black, blue, green, fat, thin, tall, short, deformed or ugly, pretty or gifted. Animals will love you all the same. They have no prejudice. The love of a pet for its care-taker is completely without bias. Pets are wonderful.

When are you happiest?
When I'm around people who care about me.

When are you hardest to please?
When I'm feeling neglected or ignored.

What has been your most embarrassing moment?
Getting repeatedly down-trousered in gym class when I was little.
I really hated that.

What's the most exhilarating thing you have done?
Bungee Jumping. What a rush!

What is it about screen writing that gets your fired?
It's like a kind of magic - the art of story-telling, weaving new fantastic worlds for people to enter and explore with their minds and hearts. It's like being a God. Having full control over everything...making everything JUST perfect, and teaching people something new and exciting.

What screenplays have you written?
"Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers" adapted from Jane Jansen's multi-award-winning CD-ROM adventure game.

"Dark Knight" based on Frank Miller's NY Times best-selling graphic novel: BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS

What is your favorite pastime?
Listening to music. EXCESSIVELY :)))))

What is your favorite motto?
Love Conquers All (cheesy, but true)

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