Mike Figgis Quotes

I make movies that audiences like, that I'd want to see. That's all.

You could say that Iron Man was a second-tier character, and it turned out very successfully. I simply think it's down to the movie itself, and whether people enjoy the movie, are involved in the movie, and that it entertains them. From that point of view, the movie has to stand alone.

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.

When you are making a film, you do not know how it is going to be received by the audience. In fact, if you set out to make a film thinking that it will make 100 crores, it never ends up making that much money.

All producers and directors want to make good films.

It is up to us to produce better-quality movies.

I want people to see my name on a movie, pay money and know they're going to be entertained for 90 minutes.

The movies I made early on may not have been great, but they were all commercially successful.

I want to make a film that is commercially successful because that means that the larger cinema-going audience around the world like the movie, which is my goal. That's my job, to make films that people respond to.

I don't understand the whole testing-numbers thing. It is not how I want to make movies.

When I'm shooting, really the audience I'm thinking the hardest about is that first test screening audience who I want to like the film and that first opening weekend audience.

I think you should make a movie that has an audience.

Probably more than any other movie we've made here at Pixar, 'Up' was the one we were the most nervous about.

My favorite characters are the ones that are the most successful movies.

I believe that there's good content or bad content. You see interviews when somebody interviews a director of a movie that didn't perform well in the box office, and he says, 'The audience didn't understand my movie.' If people didn't go to buy the ticket, then you did the wrong movie.

I don't think action alone is enough to sustain a film franchise. There are tons of action movies out there that come and go and people don't care about.

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.'

What I want to impart on any movie I work on is I want to make it entertaining. That's what I feel I do.

No one knows why a film does well or not. The reasons for this are not important. What is important is the intention you start the film with and the final state when the film releases on a Friday - whether people liked it or not.

People don't want to always see a comedy or an action film. If the film in a particular genre is made well, then it will see its share of success.

I believe in one thing, and that is content, because if your content is strong, the film will surely be hit at the box office.

Good films will run, and people will watch it irrespective of whether it is suspense or a comedy.

These days, you don't need a song or glamour to make your film work. It is all about a good story.

I'm not very particular about the commercial angle in my films, but entertainment is very important.

Content is now the most import factor that decides a film's success at the box office, so we as filmmakers are all trying different stories.