Jeff Nichols Quotes

Well, you know, if you get into the profession because you think you can make a lot of money, you can never become successful.

There is nothing wrong with making money, but that's not particularly inspiring.

I don't direct movies for a living.

If I want to, I can sign 20 films for ridiculous amounts of money, but I really want to do different kinds of cinema. I want creative satisfaction.

At some level, I feel it is nice to know that a film of yours is doing well at the box office and has also got great reviews. That feels like success.

Certainly after '21' I was getting the opportunity to make a lot of money.

The first day of 'The Town' was one of the most satisfying days of my career.

I thought that making movies was drab. I'd lived through that. And I didn't want to use my parents, ever... They didn't want to push me into this business.

At first, I wasn't sure whether I'd be a critic or a filmmaker, but I knew it would be something like that.

I've made 30 movies and for the most part my movies work. In a business where success is an exception and not the rule, I've mostly been successful.

Look: You're not gonna become a millionaire doing this, but that was never the point. And I think a lot of people in the indie film business kind of took their eye off of that.

I would love to do films - ones that get seen.

I'm happy with my place in the firmament here. I like to produce movies and that's where I want to be.

But it's a blessing to be so successful within a year; it's the greatest feeling in the world, making money and doing the things that I'm doing, and I definitely trying to continue doing what I'm doing.

The motivation for making movies is that people actually see them.

My bar for being successful is being able to do movies that really mean something to me and being able to make a living off of that.

I did manage to secure a feature film for 2005, though, which I'm really chuffed about.

I wouldn't trade my career with anybody's. I'd trade a few movies with Tom Hanks - 'Apollo 13' and 'Forrest Gump' - but other than that, I love my career.

Making films is no longer a way of acting, it is a way of life.

I've been very blessed to work in some films that I'm very proud of.

I guess I judge my films by how pleased I am with the work I do, so it's kind of on another level. If they do well at the box office, then that's great. Then I'm really pleased about that too.

We shot many films in Delhi that turned out to be successful at the box office. So the attachment is definitely on the positive side.

There's no money in theater, but artistically speaking, it's so much more fulfilling! But, of course, there are still so many people left in film that I would love to work with as well - like Guy Ritchie! I'm a big fan of his work. He's at the top of my list of people I would love to collaborate with.

At the end of the day, all I want is that my films should do well.

I didn't come into the music business to make money. I came into it to be a success. Of course, if you're successful, you'll earn money and I was happy to receive it.