Bela Lugosi Quotes

If you are the kind of guy who draws in 100 million people to see his film, you've got every right to be paid accordingly, but I qualify as a character actor. I don't put a bum on a seat.

If you are on television, that one night that someone is able to see you, you're talking about millions of people in one day. That's pretty awesome because then it helps you to jumpstart your career, and if you're the one to go out there and perform, people are going to come see you because those millions saw you on the television.

You put a movie star or a bunch of movie stars in a movie, it doesn't mean people are gonna go see it. It's been proven time and time again.

None of the films I've done was designed for a mass audience, except for 'Indiana Jones.' Nobody in their right mind thought 'American Graffiti' or 'Star Wars' would work.

I'm always flabbergasted and overwhelmed by the audience a film reaches.

If you've been in a film that's seen by millions and millions and millions of people, you're more likely to be recognized for that than for your theater performances, which were seen by considerably less people. Why would I get upset by that?

Every time I play in a movie, I never expect that it'll be huge. I don't like thinking about that, because it's so scary.

You can make a feature that makes millions but only so many people see it. With a hit TV show, every week you'll have 16 million - 20 million people watching you.

If you know the filmmaker is good and the leading actor is a movie star like Diane Lane, you know you're part of something great.

Film is the toughest one for me, as there are many fingers in the pot, so it can be disappointing. However, to have your work seen on such a large scale, that's a very exciting prospect.

Any time you can create something that gets to a large audience is fantastic. And television still gets you to a huge audience.

You want your film to be seen by the largest audience and stars help in facilitating that. Star-power does work.

Promotion is absolutely essential in the movie business.

I was the first wrestler ever in the history of wrestling to star in a major motion studio picture that became #1 box office of the weekend, and that gave the itch to I don't know how many wrestlers.

I am fortunate to have acted with a talented film personality like Cheran in two consecutive films.

I have made all my monies through cinema.

You want every film that you make to do well, not just indie films in general.

Working in a hugely, commercially successful film benefits everyone.

My father Arun Ahuja was an actor, and he did films as a hero.

Will Smith is the most successful money-making movie star on planet Earth, in terms of just how many people have gone to see his films, so Will is a guy who gets movies made.

When we are part of mainstream cinema, we want our movies to be seen by maximum viewers.

My audiences love watching my films.

I thought I would be an extra one time in a movie. And I would have been happy with that.

It's a happy thing if a film does good business.

If a film is a huge hit, you do think properly before choosing your next projects.