Mark Rydell Quotes

I'd be fine to make movies and have them never come out. But you have to deal with the business side. You can't get too emotionally invested, because again, you've got no control. There's going to be some huge film out that everyone goes to, and it probably won't be mine.

If there's a British film in the marketplace that is successful on a worldwide basis - whether it's 'A Room with a View,' 'Four Weddings' or 'The Full Monty' - money follows, and everyone tries to emulate that success.

Films must all have the same structure. All of this to guarantee box office bonanza, which of course it never does, but that's another discussion entirely.

In our benighted age, when films about amusement park rides and electronic fidgets scoop the honours, perhaps Hollywood redux is the best we can hope for.

I have not been a follower of how many millions my films made or did not make.

If 'American Beauty' came out today, it wouldn't make nearly as much money.

I certainly wouldn't mind if 'Jurassic Park' turns out to be commercially successful, and somebody says, 'Hey, you were in a box-office hit, and if you want to do another movie, we'll give you five million dollars to make it.'

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

My family believes in a good script and ultimately everything that is attached to it. I am more interested in a hit film than a good film.

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

Baghbaan' is a totally commercial film.

For a filmmaker, whether the film is liked, understood or appreciated counts as much as the moolah.

I am happy that most of my films did good business and either set or broke records at the box office.

I mean, obviously it's exciting for me to see what 'The Revenant' is doing in the box office. That's very exciting.

I don't believe in the 100 crore club.

I think films would get a lot better if people paid leaving the cinema. There's a whole business plan of opening terrible films in hundreds of cinemas and then closing them when the word of mouth gets out.

I've never had a big hit movie. "MASH" was probably the biggest. I don't make those kind of films, and I never have. I wish each one of them would just do billions of dollars worth of ticket sales, but they never do and they never will.

'Badlapur' was my first film that did well, commercially. People have also watched the other films that I have made, but they didn't bring in the footfall.

I am choosing films only to entertain people, but at the same time, if someone is putting their money into my films, I want that person to make money.

I would like to address the issue of farmers through my craft - my films. But, the sad part is that such films win awards but don't get any rewards at the BO.

If a movie crosses budget and becomes a hit, no one cares. They care only when it doesn't do well.

2008 was a good year as 'Gaja' was a hit.

When I saw 'Shola Aur Shabnam' and 'Aankhen,' I did not anticipate that they would become such hits. They looked like B-plus projects.

Multiplex cinema culture has created a level-playing field for directors where small budget movies are able to break even, even make profit.

Films are commercially viable when you work with a superstar. That's why I did 'London Dreams' and 'Ready.'