David Zucker Quotes

I never assumed I would have that commercial success, so it was a total surprise. And honestly, I never assumed that it would ever happen again.

You never know what's going to happen sometimes, or what you think's going to happen never happens, or when you least expect it, the Santana record comes along and just blows up.

Somehow I wasn't completely crucified by the critics. I don't know how or why, I probably should've been.

The movie wasn't a hit, although it did well in Europe for some reason.

'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' and 'Used Cars' were absolute failures at the box office. Complete disasters. I learned some sad news: it's not an automatic thing that, if you make a good movie, everyone wants to see it.

What's great about the way 'Shame''s been received is that I kept on thinking there's no way this film will be received well since I've had such a good time.

Every movie gets exactly what it deserves.

Look at 'Dulhe Raja.' It was a film made very quietly on the sidelines, and suddenly, when the film was released, it struck gold. I never expected the film to do well.

'Aiyyaa' flopped, but it got me noticed.

With Ghost, I never really foresaw that it was going to take off the way it did.

Shows have been sold out. It's overwhelming, you know. I had no idea what to expect with this new sound and everything and just to see so many people just come out and embrace it, it's overwhelming.

I, sort of, got into comedy accidentally, and it got bigger than I wanted it to.

It's really ironic that I won, because that's not the goal that I had in mind when I went out to skate.

A funny thing happened on the way to the election - I got to the Senate first.

The difference between a beautifully made failure and a beautifully made hit is who you've got playing the leads.

I've had projects before where everyone says 'This is going to be the big thing,' and it doesn't really turn out to be. Then there is a little project you do and forget about, and then it comes out, and it's huge.

No one was more surprised that that first Boston record took off than the record company itself.

One of the best things that ever happened to me was Rocky Horror being a total flop in New York as a play. I mean, it was a disaster, and it was the night of the long knives as far as the critics were concerned.

I was slightly disheartened when three of my films didn't work at the box-office. But the silver lining is that people did appreciate my work in those films. Had my performance gone unnoticed, I would've been in big trouble then.

In a way, I'm kind of a bystander looking at this phenomenon that is ABBA, which is still around, and that I thought would be finished in 1981 and forgotten. I'm amazed how this could happen, and I don't know why it happened. I'm just grateful and humble. I just sit back and enjoy.

I don't really try to predict what can and will happen with things. Sometimes you think something's gonna be a huge success, and it isn't. And sometimes you pay no attention to something whatsoever, and God just makes it into everything.

It doesn't really matter if this movie's a success or not, because it's already out there.

'21 Jump Street' is great. I just made that, and produced it and was a writer on it. It's starring myself and Channing Tatum, and maybe some surprise guests.

'Best Man Holiday' was a very successful film.

Every movie I touched bombed.