Hansika Motwani Quotes

I never knew how much you had to do to promote a movie, and I can't imagine what it would be like if you didn't like the movie you were promoting.

I feel the film companies should pay for proper advertising to see that the movie will sell, instead of putting it on our backs.

People come to Cannes just to advertise their films, not with a particular message. But the advantage is that if you go to the festival, you get so much press coverage in three days that it advertises the film for the rest of the year.

I've done movies I'm very proud of, but there's always a sense of: 'Come see this shiny new car!' The question I hate the most is: 'Why should people see it?'

We have to promote a movie. It's just extraordinary that everybody I'm talkin' to loves this movie.

If you can market smut and toilet paper, you can market movies.

I think Warner Bros. are probably some of the best people in marketing films in the world.

My first lead role was probably 'Party Girl' in 1994.

Between Twitter and Facebook, early word of mouth for a film can destroy it immediately or take something you've never heard of and make it a huge hit.

Nowadays it seems more and more like the 'business' in 'show business' is underlined, and there are campaigns, and it's all part of getting people in to see the movies.

I wish I could play the lead role in one movie, one great movie.

Like any other actor, my agent called me with an opportunity. It just so happens that the opportunity was the lead in 'Star Wars.'

Sometimes movies that I'm in that I have a leading role don't necessarily get the biggest release, so it's a difficult thing between balancing indies that have uncertain futures and maybe larger films that have guaranteed releases that you have a smaller part in.

It didn't happen every time for every movie. Ruthless People was a good movie, but we didn't get a good release or marketing. They completely blew the opening.

I don't stage my own publicity.

The Paramount executives were so pleased with Sunset Boulevard that they asked me to do a publicity tour.

No, my publisher has always done the marketing.

Marketing for a film is tricky because you release stuff without context.

I started tweeting with the first film I directed. I found it the best way to promote it and to connect to the audience, and since then, it's been very helpful.

For me to get a lead role in a real movie is something to jump at. It's not like I get to do that all of the time.

It's so much easier when you're promoting a movie that you like!

We've shown the entertainment industry what social media is capable of doing for a movie. 'Sharknado' is now a noun.

The Wonderful pistachios campaign is a great example - I don't involve myself with a project I don't feel passionate about. I could talk your ear off about internal statistics for WWE and what we have planned for the future. Why do I know that stuff? Because I like to do all that stuff.

I will only do a Bollywood film if I am offered the main lead role.

When Balaji decides to release a film, all you will see and hear will be concerning the film - we go all out! Promotions are a big part of our banner - we believe in marketing... in letting audiences know what they are in for.