Alex Pettyfer Quotes

Often, in the movie business, they need somebody who will garner box office because they need to pay for the movie. So the people who are in movies that make a lot of money are the people who most often get cast in studio pictures. In my career, I've never been a box office name.

My job is to make superhit films

As a young man, I went to Paris and soaked up many hours of film knowledge from Robert Hakim in my efforts to become a producer.

Most actors that I work with are wonderful. Jodie Foster or Tom Hanks will make anything work.

I certainly wouldn't mind if 'Jurassic Park' turns out to be commercially successful, and somebody says, 'Hey, you were in a box-office hit, and if you want to do another movie, we'll give you five million dollars to make it.'

There are many great writers out there and, actually, great scripts. The problem is - and this is what I've always felt, even when I got out of school and started reading scripts - the really smart, character-driven stuff tends to be smaller films, and they just don't get made.

It's nice to be number one on the call sheet.

I have got good films, and I am thankful to Aditya Chopra. He put a lot of faith in me.

Whenever we actors become part of a Bollywood film, there is a certain pressure of earning a box office success.

Stupidly, in our industry, producers pay precious money to sign stars whom they might not even use in the film. Producers believe stars make hits; actually it is the script that makes a film successful.

It's a myth that you'll know the box office result of any film. I don't think anybody can predict a film's fate accurately, otherwise nobody would make unsuccessful or flop films.

There was a time when the directors would sign me first and then go to the hero. There was a time when on my name a film used to be sold.

I do believe that there are some films that cannot be made without stars.

Hollywood's best producers and directors are in film, not TV.

I think, if I had a big flop, that probably it would have ended the string at Disney, but it didn't! Every film was a success.

'Aashiqui 2' and 'Yeh Jawaani' were hit films, especially the former film in which I was the protagonist.

What is a commercial film? I think every film is commercial, as every film makes money.

There is no money in films, till the time you make it to a certain bracket.

If you work with a big director, access to stars becomes easier.

No star is bigger than the success of a film.

Luckily, the films I did in Kannada were successful.

'Scream' was the first thing he'd ever written that had gotten made, and I'd been in Hollywood for less than two years.

Films make stars and stars never make films.

Just getting to meet George Lucas was pretty amazing, and then working with him and getting to be part of this process... it's a great responsibility.

I don't think a film has ever worked at the box office because of a star.