Anthony Mackie Quotes

Even though 'Heathers' didn't make a lot of money, I really was able to transition into a situation where people thought I could play an attractive role because of it.

There's nothing worse than making a good movie that doesn't get seen.

Inside every TV star is a movie star screaming to get out, and Donna Frenzel, with whom I'm guessing you're not instantly familiar, made George Clooney a movie star once and for all in the first ten minutes of his fifth feature, 1998's 'Out of Sight.'

Well, I think In Love and War, which had a wonderful performance by Sandy, Sandra Bullock, who the authorities and, the supposed authorities, in cinema didn't want to know about.

'Election' made zero money at the box office, but it started my career.

'Napoleon Dynamite' blew up my career.

It's nice to be known for a pretty great movie.

I can only hope that my future movies will do well.

I think 'The Color of Money' was very instrumental in opening up other opportunities. People started to recognize me as an artist after that film. And then, after I did 'Bird,' it was more solidified.

When we did 'The Last Picture Show,' the whole cast was unknowns, and we all got careers from it. Well, I don't think this could be done now.

I had the good fortune to be in some movies when I was younger that, for whatever reason, people identified with or related with.

I owe much to Sangeeth. His film 'Apna Sapna Money Money' brought me back in a big way.

If I want to be a leading man in a film, box office numbers count because producers have invested money. I see no wrong in that process.

Once I won the roles in 'Spender' and 'First Knight' it was much easier for everyone, me included, to get their heads around the idea of me being an actor.

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

'Kahaani' gave me popularity and 'Gangs of Wasseypur' stardom.

Sooner or later, The Rock's going to get tired of that empty space on his mantle where an Oscar should be, and that's when I'll get the phone call for the buddy movie that finally makes his career.

I've made quite a number of movies that I've never even seen and I've made some movies that I thought were good that nobody saw... Sometimes they end up on television.

As an actress, I am happy that people are offering me good roles and I am earning success critically and commercially.

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

I don't think I need to do a big-ticket film to be considered a big actress.

I've done a lot of movies, but none of them that have blown up the way that 'Divergent' did.

Failure at the box office of some of my earlier films led to a lack of opportunity to play main lead in good films.

Without naming names, you can take some of the biggest artists of the last 25-30 years and point to those moments where they thought they were going to be movie stars, put the entire weight of a film on their back, and it failed. And some of them didn't recover from that.

It's not always about playing the lead. It's also about being associated with an important and good film.