Matthew Bourne Quotes

You can't please everyone... If you make a good movie, that's all that matters.

I certainly like it if the work is beautiful, but that's a surplus effect. I can only think about that after I consider how it's made.

I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

If no one wants to jump into a Kim Weston and drive it down the street. That's fine with me I don't care. I know my work is good and I know it's serious work.

At the end of the day, it's nice to walk away from a set knowing that you're doing a movie that is not just for money and is not just pure entertainment.

The thing that's important for me to focus on is the balancing of the tension between satisfying myself and satisfying an audience, and making something that I think is good and funny, worthwhile, small-"i" important, versus something that's going to do well.

Good shows tend to be more fun to do. If you feel like you are doing something good and making a good show, it is a lot more enjoyable.

'Dexter' has been very, very good to me. I would rather stop doing it than cheapen it.

I'm just into making quality stuff if I can, with interesting people and good scripts. But it's very important that it's about something and that it says something. Otherwise, I don't know what the point is, really.

I'm always drooling over great design, from fashion to furniture.

Universal was absolutely marvelous about sitting down with me and listening to my input. It wasn't something where they chose a bunch of songs that were best sellers. They did a marvelous job on the packaging. It's a beautiful tribute.

The chance to be both artistically appreciated and commercially appreciated... That's what you hope for.

I'd rather have people really be able to step back and get their money's worth and look at me as a true artist than somebody who is just regurgitating other material.

When I walk onto a set, no matter what it is, I always do the very best work that I can. But I'm not braindead, and I want to do things that I want to do, you know?

There's a great difference between being popular and being an artist.

I think I'm prouder of 'The Victim' than anything else, just because, if nothing else, it doesn't look silly, it doesn't look stupid. It holds up. It's fun. A lot of people have enjoyed it, and I'm real happy about it.

I believe it’s my best effort, but it’s not immediately popular.

I don't want to be an actress. I want to be doing good work that is well written and has good people in it.

To bring a large audience to a piece of serious music and make it accessible does not mean reducing it in any way. And I've learned that if something is good, even if it is a little difficult, people will get that it is good.

The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.

In Britain, you know there are people waiting to tear your stuff apart, so it's important for me to know that my music has subtleties and depth to it.

It's really great if people actually want to see something that you've made and you've put a lot of effort into. And that doesn't always happen, and there's not always a rhyme or reason.

It's only when I feel that I can do justice to a character that I take up a film.

I want anything I produce to be good for people kind enough to try it, but it's the momentum and process I enjoy most.