Kartik Aaryan Quotes

If someone puts up $100 million on a movie, they're gonna be concerned about whether they'll get it back. So they're not gonna make a movie about three girls, you know?

The problem is some of our riskier films just don't make as much money. But if you only make films that will just be commercially successful, then you can also sink yourself as a studio.

I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.

I want my films to make money first. Awards and all can come later.

At the end of the day, it's a business; people want to make money. That's the intention with every film. It happens for some movies. For others, it doesn't.

I would never want to do a content-driven film with a box office life of Rs 20 crore.

I think, unfortunately or fortunately, the reality of Hollywood is that if your movie makes money, they'll make another one.

I don't make movies thinking: 'Oh, this is going to be a huge box-office hit.'

Once you make a studio 700 million dollars or so, or whatever the insane number is, then they finally seem to trust you, no matter how off-the-wall your project is.

You're only as good as your last collection, which is an enormous pressure.

In the U.K., there's absolutely no money for television. So you can do pretty much whatever you want. They're not losing money on any of the shows, so they'll give you a lot of creative freedom. In the United States, there are millions and millions of dollars at stake, so they need a sure formula.

I would love it if my films made a lot of money, and may I say that 'The Yards' is the only one that's lost money.

I put £150,000 into the stage production of Grease and have got back £1.5 million so far. It has been a fantastic success.

What counts in Hollywood is box office. It doesn't really matter what people think of you as an actor because, as long as you have been in a movie that has made money, you will always get another job.

I've had such a great track record in making a huge profit when the movies are smaller.

For me, money has never been an indicator. And it is very sad that each and every film these days is being judged by the money that it makes. It's a world that I don't want to be a part of, and I try and stay away from that.

My biggest worry is that we have to keep making good music, and I want to do well, but I wonder if I will be able to.

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.

I would never make a film because I think it's going to be a box-office success.

Success means making profits and avoiding losses.

It's nice to stretch in different directions and use different muscles. You can get swallowed into Hollywood, where it's all about bums on seats and how commercial a film is.

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.

The trouble is that in south cinema, after you become successful at the box office, market realities dictate your choice of films, and it becomes difficult to experiment.

As a child working in films was like a hobby but now it has turned into a profession. And with that, it's become a life that's full of pressure and nervousness about Box Office results, competition.

With one film after another becoming a hit, nervousness only grows.