Emilio Azcarraga Jean Quotes

I believe in one thing, and that is content, because if your content is strong, the film will surely be hit at the box office.

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.

I don't understand the whole testing-numbers thing. It is not how I want to make movies.

The most important thing when you do a movie is that you find an audience that really understands what you want to do and is really supportive of it.

I'm not very particular about the commercial angle in my films, but entertainment is very important.

I want to make my kind of films but make them work commercially, too. When my presentation meets the director's imagination, the result will be great.

Every show I've ever, you know, produced, essentially it's the show I want to watch myself.

I want to make a film that is commercially successful because that means that the larger cinema-going audience around the world like the movie, which is my goal. That's my job, to make films that people respond to.

Apart from being interested in a good role, I think it's necessary to make up your mind as to whether it will make a movie that will entertain an audience all over the world and not just in your own backyard.

You could say that Iron Man was a second-tier character, and it turned out very successfully. I simply think it's down to the movie itself, and whether people enjoy the movie, are involved in the movie, and that it entertains them. From that point of view, the movie has to stand alone.

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.

If I had to choose criteria, for me, it's about first the director. I want to be a part of something that's good and intellectually challenging. After the director it's the character and the story. That's the deal for me.

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.

I'm not setting 'Jericho' up to be anything other than what it is, which is, you know, a piece of good, well thought-out, well put-together TV and entertainment.

The effort always remains that my new film outdoes my last in terms of performance and gets better box office success. Box office is the sole reason why I do films.

We don't make movies for critics, since they don't pay to see them anyhow.

The super success of '3 Idiots' has taught us that cost of making a film is not important at all; it's all about things going well at the script level.

I feel like we always kept our core philosophy of making content that we would wanna watch, and there's definitely a different scale we are offering that at today.

You can window-dress and promote a movie as much as you like but if the movie hasn't got substance and isn't an exciting movie, people won't watch it.

I think the audience will be pleasantly surprised to see what I have attempted with 'Dolly Ki Doli.' I am confident that this movie will be accepted.

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.

I don't make films for critics, and I'm not particularly interested in what they have to say, and they don't have a bearing on my audiences.

I am choosing films only to entertain people, but at the same time, if someone is putting their money into my films, I want that person to make money.

Every filmmaker wants to get their audience talking.

Just because good films don't work does not mean we should stop making them.