Arjun Kapoor Quotes

When 'Fitoor' didn't work, it affected me a lot. It hurts when a film doesn't do well.

I always felt great about what I wrote for 'Newsies,' but 'Newsies' was a total flop.

I got to make 'Trishakti' with Arshad Warsi, who was a newcomer at that time. The movie took three years to complete and became dated by the time it was released. The movie did not even get a proper release and bombed at the box office. It was a very bad patch of my life and a big disaster for my career.

It's not a happy time when a film drops dead on your doorstep.

For two years, I was without a movie down South, and 'Department' proved a disaster; people don't even remember the film.

I feel bad when my film flops.

My mother was keen that I complete my graduation and never ever wanted me to be in the movies, as my father had made five films that lost money. One of the films he made was 'Agneepath,' which was hugely hyped but underwhelming at the box office, and I remember that my dad had to sell my grandmother's flat to pay off the loan.

We never thought the first movie would bomb.

Making a big commercial movie is hard when you think about how many of them flop.

Every movie I touched bombed.

When my films don't do well, I'm hurt and surprised. It's discouraging.

'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.

You want to be the best, and you hear a lot of good things about yourself, and then you find out that you're going to debut as a caddy - it's a little gut-wrenching, and it hurt.

The failure of 'OK Jaanu' hit me hard.

Daawat-E-Ishq' did not do as well as we expected, so yes, when a film doesn't do as well as you wanted it to, it hurts, especially after you have put your sweat and blood on it.

Farz' proved to be a flop for the first 10 weeks. I remember buying tickets worth Rs 5000 myself, just so the film would run in theatres longer. And in the 11th week the film miraculously picked up and ran for 50 weeks!

Nobody is going to keep giving me chances even after two-three of my films don't do well.

It is funny now, but in the beginning of my career, some of the films failed at the box office, and filmmakers stopped casting me, saying I am bringing bad luck to their film.

If your first film does badly, there's no guarantee of the second film.

Trying to make a movie like 'Warcraft,' and trying to do it in a unique way... you get killed by a death of 1,000 cuts.

Foreign distribution is a major aspect of financing films. If you're flooding an entire country with cam rips DVDs before the movie is released, that will affect the bottom line eventually.

My lowest point in football? Probably leaving United.

I did feel bad when 'Himmatwala' and 'Humshakals' didn't work, but I have moved on.

I'd given my life and my soul to Kajagoogoo and then after a cheap phone call, it was all over. I did cry and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Anybody is entitled to break down under those circumstances.

I had no release in 2013. I worked on four films; none of them saw the light of day.