Jason Statham Quotes

Let's face it, making movies is all risk. Most of the time, batting average-wise, the reward does not outweigh the risk.

You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don't work out. I know that every now and again I am going to make a movie that won't work.

And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble.

I think that every artistic venture is a risk, and it has to be that way, so you do as much preparation as you can and make that as thorough as you can possibly make it, until you turn up on set. It's about taking risks, and some might work and some might not, but that's what makes it interesting.

I admire James Franco. I admire somebody like Jack Nicholson. Anyone who just does movies for the sake of making movies and takes big risks.

Every movie is unknown.

I'm often asked how I shoulder the responsibility of films, but I've always believed in taking risks.

I grew up on movie sets, I'm comfortable on sets. A movie set is like a circus. I don't understand why moviemaking has to be such an insane environment.

I'd be lying if I said I had confidence in every choice I've made, that I have faith in every film I do on every shot.

I don't think any actor has the luxury of knowing exactly what scripts are going to turn out well and what ones aren't. It would be wonderful to have that particular skill, and maybe people like Tom Cruise have it more than most, but you go into each project hoping that a good, if not great, film will come out the other end.

I wrote 'All is Lost' while editing 'Margin Call'. I did that long before I knew if I was ever going to get to make another movie.

It was actually the enormous risks I took with my pictures, skating right up to the edge of non-acceptance, that paid off so handsomely.

Knowing what I do now, I don't know if I'd ever have the balls to go to film school, with no connections and no knowledge of the business side at all.

Everything's a risk, by the way, these days. Every film you make is a risk. There's no guarantee.

Nobody ever starts out to make a mediocre, commercial film. You always think it's going to be something. And then, once you're done with your shooting, you have no control. You're just done, as an actor.

I would love to produce a film.

Making movies is just like betting on horses at the racetrack.

I don't make movies because I think audiences will want to go see them.

When the script for 'Once' came my way, I had the thought that maybe it will last only a season. But I was willing to take that risk.

The film business has so many twists and turns that it's a miracle any film gets made.

It's a roll of the dice in the movie business. I mean, every single movie is a roll of the dice. Any movie on paper could look like it's going to be fantastic. You know what I mean?

The problem in cinema is that you can never predict what will happen.

My view is that you have to take risks. Not everything is going to work out, but it's sort of the fun of fashion, right?

Any film you make is a crap shoot.

I think of making a movie in such a romantic way.