Louis Leterrier Quotes

Nobody sets out to make a bad film - I shouldn't say 'nobody.' Some people certainly don't care.

There are so many things to think about when you make an album. Like, who am I trying to impress? Am I going to get respect, critical acclaim? Or am I going to sell lots of records?

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

The trouble with Hollywood is that too many of the top people responsible for pictures are too comfortable and don't give a damn about what goes up on the screen so long as it gets by at the box office. How can you expect people with that kind of attitude to make the kind of great pictures that the world will want to see?

Sometimes critics disagree with the audience, and that's fine. I make movies for the audience. I guess I hope that the critics like it, but on the other hand, I just really want the audience to like it.

It's tough to make a good movie. I think the bigger the movies are, the worse they are. A lot of big movies make a lot of money and you kind of forget about what they are and they don't really make you think.

I've cut myself out... I've cut scenes out that I was in and that's when you realize that you've got to make the best movie you can.

No one told me I had to make something that would sell, but I personally want everyone to like my music.

If you have a script that's not great, if you have a great director, you can make a great movie, but if you have a great script with a director who's not good, never are you going to have a good movie.

It's great making a film and having it embraced and seen. I really enjoy that.

I've found that if you just try to make the film you want, you'll find the right audience. If you try to please everyone, you're going to make really boring films.

I'll work with a director if I think I'm going to get into a comfortable situation, and if it's someone I respect and who respects me, even if they're not so well known. Movies are hard to make, and you have to work toward a common ethic and do your best.

The minute you start the process of deciding to make a film and you're communicating that vision to anyone, you're in the process of selling. If you don't understand that, you're not in show business. You're just not.

I think when you're a director, it's hard to do something unless you're absolutely over-the-moon in love with it. The audience, they spend 90 minutes with it, but for you, it's anywhere between a year and a half to three years of your life, every day, working on it.

It's possible for me to make a bad movie out of a good script, but I can't make a good movie from a bad script.

If there ever is a struggle, making a good movie will always supersede the need to be noble.

When I did 'Stardust,' I was fighting the studio for things I believed were right.

No one sets out to make a bad movie or disappoint anybody.

You can't be pretentious about what we do, because at the end of the day, movies are about entertainment, and if people get 10 dollars' worth, then that's okay.

I like to do films that I would want to go see, basically. I'm not out to make a fast buck.

I have to say that whatever decisions I make, I really do think that movie making is a director's medium. They are the people that ultimately shape the film, and a director can take great material and turn it into garbage if they are not capable of making a good movie.

I was never writing for commercial success. It's nice that it has come, but it is not important.

I believe 'Sonchiriya' is a film that will be recalled with much pride and respect for many years from now. We all worked very hard to make it a special work, and the director Abhishek Sir is a genius.

That's what I wanted to do... I wanted to make a great film that just happened to be based on a video game.

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