Eric Fellner Quotes

Until you've been to Cannes, it's hard to describe to someone the magnitude of that festival.

Cannes is one of the biggest film festivals across the globe, and getting your film selected for a screening is quite a big achievement.

It's not about what's a good or bad score at the Oscars, rather what's exposed to the ears more.

In terms of film festivals, Cannes is the greatest launch pad.

I'd made this film called 'This Little Life,' and it went round the fests and won awards and did well.

Cannes is the largest festival of world cinema.

I made this Swedish movie called 'Snabba Cash,' or 'Easy Money,' and it was shown at the Berlin Film Festival. A lot of American studios, agents, and people like that saw it there and liked it.

Then I did The Tao of Steve and that was at Sundance in 2000 where it did really well.

I think when any one kind of film does well, it creates a precedent and paves the way for more like it.

Everybody loves a hit. There is nothing as fun as making a cultural splash with a movie.

So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?

I was afraid I would get the Oscar for 'Irma La Douce' because it was popular. But I didn't want to because I didn't really think it was that good.

At least in America, the narrative is I'm a Cannes favorite. But, in fact, I've had my best experience in Venice, both with the audience and the jury.

I really do hope that the people will like 14:59. The critics seem to like it. We got a lot of good reviews.

Ideally, I'd like to have a movie that people like and makes money.

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

When we were making the movie, winning awards for it wasn't the point at all. We didn't even have an American distributor.

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.

'Srimanthudu' is a film very close to my heart. It's my first production, and I'm more than happy with its performance at the box office.

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

I've had something like seven films at Sundance, one of which won the Grand Jury Prize.

If you make a good film, then there's no harm if it achieves commercial success.

Polarizing is the greatest achievement in any art form, even in cinema.

As far as festivals, nothing tops Cannes.

When I see good films not doing well, irrespective of my role being appreciated or not, I have a problem because then the producer who has made a loss will never believe in investing in good cinema.