Julie Delpy Quotes

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.

I've never made a film that lost money.

Ideally, I want my films to work because I want the people who have invested their money to get back their investment and make profits too.

I've been lucky because my films have consistently made a profit, almost all of them have made a profit. Never a huge profit, but nobody gets hurt. And therefore I get a lot of freedom.

I have always tried to make profitable films because people's offices shut down if films fail, and I will do everything to avoid that.

Hard Day's Night was one of those great films that will never happen again to anyone in their lifetime. UA were in profit before we'd even finished shooting - The advance sales on the album - the film was out before the album was out was more than it cost UA to make the film.

The effort always remains that my new film outdoes my last in terms of performance and gets better box office success. Box office is the sole reason why I do films.

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.

Every film is made for a commercial purpose - to earn money at the box-office.

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

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

You want every film that you make to do well, not just indie films in general.

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

Working in a hugely, commercially successful film benefits everyone.

'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.

It's a happy thing if a film does good business.

Ninety per cent of my movies were hits.

My job is to make superhit films

It's really exciting to be in a film that people actually want to go and see! I was having to pay people to see my movies!

The prime motivation in making almost any film is success, because film is the art form of the 20th century.

I was always flattered, but I just want my movies to make money. I want to be commercial. I'm never the person who says, "I don't care if people don't see my movies." I always want people to see my movies.

There are many untalented people making millions of dollars in the film business.

Fundamentally, the most important thing is to get the film made for me and to get as many people to see it as possible. And if I help that, then - I know I help that, let's put it that way. I do know that I help that. It is called show business.