Curtis Hanson Quotes

The issue often with films is how it works with money and trying to get a visible movie star presence in the film.

Scripts don't get movies made.

They thought in terms of: whatever you had that started you at the box office, this was it.

The reality is that every movie is a new business. Nobody says, 'Hey, let's go down to the Pantages Theater, I hear a Warner Brothers picture is playing there.' Or, 'Let's go to this theater, I hear the film came in on budget.' It'd be ridiculous.

It would have been impossible to get 'The Verdict' off the ground without Paul Newman obviously, but today without any star, kind of a dramatic piece would be very tough.

The average movie-goer in this country sees six films in a year. That's one every two months. What the studios are trying to do is make sure it's their movie.

The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment.

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.'

If my films did better at the box office in Japan, it would be easier to get them made.

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.

I think that, oftentimes, what people say is, 'We need an actress who'll be able to greenlight a movie,' and my counterargument to that is always that, when it comes to a teen movie, you have very few people who can greenlight a movie.

You can make films, and often, they get released on four screens in the U.K. Although it's been interesting and good for you, if no one's seen it, what's the point?

You've got the movie, distribution, and marketing. All are equally important, so educate yourself on how to do the best you can at each of them.

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.

OK, the director makes the movie. But some movies can't get made without someone like me in them.

Box-office poison? Mr. Louis B. Mayer always asserted that the studio had built Stage 22, Stage 24 and the Irving Thalberg Building, brick by brick, from the income on my pictures.

Ultimately, the goal is to be on an annual cycle - releasing a film every year.

I didn't even think anyone would want to make 'Cop Car,' and then I didn't think anyone would want to distribute 'Cop Car,' and then I didn't think anyone would want to see 'Cop Car.'

I think no one really knows for sure what will work at the box office. Even big production houses don't know what will do well and what won't.

Sonali Cable' is not a low budget film, it's a normal budget film.

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

Of course, Malayalam has a slightly different way of working because here at least if the movie is good, it gets some mileage by word of mouth even if you don't have big heroes.

With the success of 'Yevade Subramanyam' and 'Bhale Magadivoy,' the audience's faith in me has increased, which is a good sign.

What is a commercial film? I think every film is commercial, as every film makes money.

You have to acknowledge that films that have a strong concept and are easily marketed to people are the ones that stand the biggest chance of success.