Robert Redford Quotes

I want a certificate that allows me to make as big a box office as possible.

A successful film is a good film, and a non-successful film is a bad film. It's as simple as that.

The truth is that everyone pays attention to who's number one at the box office. And none of it matters, because the only thing that really exists is the connection the audience has with a movie.

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.

If a film is good, it will work no matter what.

It's dangerous to think too much about how a film will be received. Filmmaking is not a popularity contest. Some would disagree.

I'm glad that my films have been consistently faring well rather than one stray Friday!

There are a lot of movies I've done that come and go, and don't really establish a growing fan base.

Plenty of bad movies are very successful, and plenty of good movies are not. And distribution is so crazy, some films won't even get their day in court.

Now a movie goes out to two, three thousand theaters and by Friday night at 10 o'clock they know if you are in or out. That desperate competition is, I think, horrendous. It's awful.

I don't think 'Cocktail' was a perfect critical success, but it touched a vein in our culture.

Digitization has altered the nature of the film industry. Social media, especially, has become a decisive factor in determining a film's box office success.

No one knows why a film does well or not. The reasons for this are not important. What is important is the intention you start the film with and the final state when the film releases on a Friday - whether people liked it or not.

For a filmmaker, whether the film is liked, understood or appreciated counts as much as the moolah.

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.

I would really want all my films to make money. But this weekend calculation is the most dangerous thing because, based on the amount collected in the first weekend, they start declaring the film a hit or a flop. It can't be.

I've always wanted to be an actor who connects with families because once they come to watch your film in the theatres, it becomes a big deal. That's how you sell four tickets at one go.

'ABCD - AnyBody Can Dance' and 'ABCD 2' has succeeded not merely because of dance, but mainly because of its good script. Viewers have loved the story, and that's why my movies have done well at the box office.

I am happy that most of my films did good business and either set or broke records at the box office.

I do feel bad when my films don't do well, but I respect audiences' verdict because they know well which films to support. If they don't like a film, we should accept it.

If you screw up five films straight, then you're done. It's a business, the producer invests money and you need to make sure his money is recovered and in the process you give out the best film.

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

My fans do guarantee me a good opening on the day my film releases. So the responsibility is more on me on doing quality work.

I mean, obviously it's exciting for me to see what 'The Revenant' is doing in the box office. That's very exciting.

I try not to read all reviews, but its just that after a point there is nothing much that you can do about it. You can learn and take forward things and use it in your next film. As long as reviews translate into bums on the seat, I think there isn't much I can do.