Kajal Aggarwal Quotes

I want to make movies that people see. I really think that movies are the most popular form of story telling ever and have such a huge impact on culture when they do.

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.

I don't make movies because I think audiences will want to go see them.

I don't think there has been any increase in sophistication in the audience. When people are aware of a concept that's easy to understand, and there's an actor who will attract them to the theater and it's a movie that's funny three-quarters of the time, it will be successful.

Across the board, Australian films need to have a lot more money spent on selling them.

You can make films, and often, they get released on four screens in the U.K. Although it's been interesting and good for you, if no one's seen it, what's the point?

Everyone in Hollywood has a screenplay.

Over the years, I have realized that there's more to a film's fate than just good acting and a solid script. It needs to be marketed well. It's the package that sells - the songs, action, actors, etc.

I don't really know anything about the movie business, even though I've lived in Los Angeles my whole life - somehow I've never bumped into it.

Obviously, I try to make the films work for an audience. That's the main point of making a film, and in retrospect, one can see that certain films, let's say Leaving Las Vegas, demonstrated its own success.

It's true, I'm the youngest, highest-grossing French director. I have a few records, but no one knows or simply doesn't care. That's good, because I like that. Ultimately, I want to keep working, making a lot of movies, and get better at it. It's about finding great scripts and bringing them to life.

I don't think the competition's so rough, within the majority of movies made in Hollywood.

I want people to see my name on a movie, pay money and know they're going to be entertained for 90 minutes.

Real movie producers aren't this nice.

There's a vast difference between marketing a movie and the movie itself. You try to cast as wide and broad a net as possible.

When you're working on a movie you always hope that people will go for it and enjoy what you're doing.

We don't make movies for critics. I've done four movies; there's millions upon millions upon millions of people who've paid to see them. Somebody likes them. My greatest joy is to sit anonymously in a dark theater and watch it with an audience, a paying audience.

I am always surprised at what movie studios think people will want to see. I'm even more surprised at how often they are correct.

Quite honestly, it's too tough to get your movies made and then also to get out there and sell them.

We live in the moment now where this whole movie business is crazy.

I heard about the movie business before I even knew what it was. So I surround myself now with people who are like, 'Can we not talk about movies for an hour?'

Isn't that the definition of a star? Someone who can get a film made?

It's a big battle to bring quality stuff into theaters across America, for sure.

I don't care how much hardware you throw at an audience. If they are not emotionally invested in the thing, it's zero. I can name a slew of films, but I have no ax to grind. I understand the commerce of Hollywood probably better than anyone.

The beating heart of your story... that's not what shows up in a trailer. The other stuff is what shows up in a trailer, because that's what gets people in to the seats, and that's how studios make their money.