Ellen Burstyn Quotes

Basically, movies come down to economics, and they're always too expensive. From a producer's point of view, an actor is either going to make him money or save him money.

I would love it if my films made a lot of money, and may I say that 'The Yards' is the only one that's lost money.

I've never made a film that lost money.

My movies make a profit, but obviously not a fortune.

I've had such a great track record in making a huge profit when the movies are smaller.

I want my films to make money first. Awards and all can come later.

I think, unfortunately or fortunately, the reality of Hollywood is that if your movie makes money, they'll make another one.

Unless a Western's made money - doesn't matter who made the money, doesn't matter what the subject is - if the last one didn't make any money, you can't make another one for a four-year period. Westerns more than any genre.

You see I don't like to be really too commercial about things but in this business you've just got to be commercial otherwise the films don't make money and you don't make films and as a long as a commodity is selling it's silly to kill it dead.

If you really want to be competitive in today's market you have to be in movies that make money.

There's very little substitute in the business world for making money.

Generally speaking, the more money that's involved in anything, the more people are expecting and hoping that it's not going to fail.

Most of Hollywood is about making money - and I love money, but I don't make the films thinking about money.

Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process.

We are now after 7 months operation making money here.

I have a hard time with businesses that don't make money at some point.

You become judged entirely on your ability to bring in the dollars, and the fact that none of the films I did was a huge hit became significant.

I always make sure my film benefits my producer and earns him a profit.

If my film doesn't make money, it means people didn't go watch it. So it doesn't matter then that the critics loved it.

I would never want to do a content-driven film with a box office life of Rs 20 crore.

I always say, what really makes a movie commercial is that it makes its money back.

Hollywood expects you to experiment but on a film that makes money and if you don't make money, you're to blame. Your job is to make money.

If someone puts up $100 million on a movie, they're gonna be concerned about whether they'll get it back. So they're not gonna make a movie about three girls, you know?

If I give five flops, I won't get a job. You have to perform at the box office when you are at the top. No one is running a charity here. People are putting huge amounts of money to make movies, and they want the films to be successful. They have invested money in you, so it is your duty to make sure the film does well.

There's very few people who want to just make beautiful films that make money, when they can make films that make huge money.