Mike Flanagan Quotes

Success of a film has got nothing to do with whether it's a remake or an original.

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.

There are films which are good, but sometimes it doesn't work at the box office.

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

I don't think a film has ever worked at the box office because of a star.

Since 'Main Hoon Na' is a cult film, if I want to make a sequel, the story has to be good!

I acted in 'Aap Kaa Surroor,' which did well. But after that, films didn't work for me.

You can't repeat the success of any movie.

I believe 'Takkari Donga' didn't do too well. But I had a blast doing the film.

To what extent a film works is beyond me. My first film 'Aashiq Banaya Aapne' did wonders at the box office. Then 'Chocolate' was also quite popular, but it didn't have the same effect as the first one.

It's not necessary that every film has to hit Rs 100 crore box office, or the Rs 50 crore budget. If the film makes double of its project budget, we consider that a hit, and that also means that the film is in profit.

What eventually counts is whether your film was successful at the box-office or not, or more so if the film has made its money, and 'Race 3' did that.

It is very difficult for anyone to predict how a film will do. It depends on so many things: the mood of the audience, the state of their mind at the time, how they have reacted to the whole treatment.

One Missed Call,' it was regarded as a mainstream film for my career because it was big budget and filmed in Japan and it really opened wide in Japan, it did really well commercially. So I was really surprised.

I want to carry a really great role in a great film.

I am hopeful that Nalvaravu' will be an important movie in my career.

I do not keep a track of numbers as such, but I am definitely aware of how a film of mine is doing when it is playing in theatres. More than the numbers, it is important to know how the audience is reacting to the film.

The studios didn't really take independent films seriously, till 'Sweetback' was such a financial success.

Content is now the most import factor that decides a film's success at the box office, so we as filmmakers are all trying different stories.

My first film, 'Ishaqzaade,' did well, and I got four damn good films because of it.

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

I have proved my skills as an actress who can perform both character and glamour roles and 'Uyir' would take me to greater heights.

The box office performance of a film is instrumental in an actor being perceived as saleable.

It is true that no matter how good your film is, you get judged purely on the basis of how well it does at the box office.

When I met Ram Charan, he told me not to worry about how much my films make. After 'Magadheera,' people began expecting big things from him. So he did films to keep up to that expectation. He advised me to not fall into that trap.