Sajid Nadiadwala Quotes

You want your film to be seen by the largest audience and stars help in facilitating that. Star-power does work.

I don't think my name would necessarily draw people to come see the movie. It might hurt the movie, honestly.

I do believe that there are some films that cannot be made without stars.

Commercial hit films such as 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan,' 'Talaash,' and 'Kick' had big superstars to sell them; that may not have been the case if it were just me.

I don't think a film has ever worked at the box office because of a star.

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

I don't really have much to prove. I can easily go in a comfort zone, make two films a year, hype them because I've signed them as a star, make them cheap and they will be big hits.

Ultimately, making movies, if you don't have a big star, it's hard to do. Or if it's not a star director.

I think the success of a film is very important to an actor. It depends on how many people go to watch your movies; the more the merrier. Nobody wants to do a film for five people. You work so hard that millions of people watch the movie; this is directly related to box office success.

Every time I do a movie, I think it's going to be a huge hit.

Disney has proved without a shadow of a doubt that movies with a female lead work.

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

Stupidly, in our industry, producers pay precious money to sign stars whom they might not even use in the film. Producers believe stars make hits; actually it is the script that makes a film successful.

Nobody can link the success of a movie with a particular artiste.

With 'Judwaa 2,' I captured the kind of market that I could have never penetrated into on another occasion.

I knew that when the trailer of 'Bahubali' released, it would have a great impact, and it did.

I was confident about the potential of 'Baaghi 2' when I greenlit it, but the final product has blown me away.

Whether you are a star kid or not, it all depends on the actor and how he/she can get the audience to the theatre.

Frankly speaking, during the making of 'Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety,' we never realised that the movie is going to be such a hit and that it will change our lives so much. There have been movies which have done really well at the box office, but rarely do we have movies where actors get so much love and adulation from their fans.

You need stars to create the buzz and bring audiences to the cinemas.

I don't think you can name a good picture where the production or the possible promotion isn't "cast-contingent." That means the film needs not just star power but star box office power.

My job is to make superhit films

If you are the kind of guy who draws in 100 million people to see his film, you've got every right to be paid accordingly, but I qualify as a character actor. I don't put a bum on a seat.

Films that score very high with test audiences generally tend to not be so great. But, there's a lot of money involved in making movies, and it's a way for people to reassure themselves, who have spent money, and it's also a way to work out how to market a movie.

You put a movie star or a bunch of movie stars in a movie, it doesn't mean people are gonna go see it. It's been proven time and time again.