Michael Haneke Quotes

The commercial success that came with Anjali Menon's 'Bangalore Days' helped me in getting my work noticed.

My good films were independent and my bad films were not.

The film is not a success until it makes money. It's only good when there's a dollar figure attached to the box office.

The only reason why I would like to be accepted? Because if your movies don't do well, after a while you don't get to make any more movies.

Film is different for me now. If the money is good and it's not totally revolting, I'll do it.

I think the success of a film is very important to an actor. It depends on how many people go to watch your movies; the more the merrier. Nobody wants to do a film for five people. You work so hard that millions of people watch the movie; this is directly related to box office success.

I've had movies bomb with terrible reviews, I've had movies make a lot of money with terrible reviews, I've had movies get good reviews and make money. And I like it best when the movies do well and the reviewers like them.

Basically, I always thought that if I had a movie that did well enough and warranted having a sequel, I would seriously entertain it because that's a huge blessing when that happens in your career.

Awards season is not something that I think about. What I enjoy a lot is knowing that people go and see the movie and they love the movie.

You hope any film finds its audience and makes enough money that you get to make another one.

Awards and nominations really help sell films.

We want box office success, critical acclaim, awards and everything else. But I think when the audience likes a film, that appreciation is far more fulfilling, far more satisfying than any award.

Of course, Malayalam has a slightly different way of working because here at least if the movie is good, it gets some mileage by word of mouth even if you don't have big heroes.

I don't choose scripts with the intent to get an award.

It's definitely good to have a hit from time to time, though not too often. If you have a few hits in a row, people start to think every film you make will be a hit, which is a big mistake.

Winning is obviously the biggest thing. Because if you don't win, nothing really matters. You can have all the money in the world, and they can still call you a loser.

My fourth movie, 'PKP2,' is my biggest release and biggest success.

I don't really think about the box office, but I want my films to do well.

I just want my films to work. The hit or flop verdict really affects me. I seriously analyse what went wrong if a film turns out to be a dud!

Winning in Berlinale, in Hong Kong, and then to get such an amazing response, reviews, and now to be India's official entry for Oscars... My mother is right up there and keeping a check on me. Her blessings are always going to be with me, I know.

Having anything to do with a hit film is great. Even if you're a third assistant to the director or second to the editor, if the film does well, every technician, every actor benefits from it.

An actor is known by his choices, not by his box-office figures.

I've been very blessed to work with some of the biggest in the game.

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

When you do a film, you always hope that the film will do well but you don't think beyond that.