Clive Cussler Quotes

When we were making The Fugitive, we all thought it was going to bomb.

I got the boot once from Stanley Donen. The film was called The Little Prince.

All of Hollywood was convinced that 'Gone with the Wind' would be a colossal disaster and rather hoped it would be.

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.

It is not a happy time when a film doesn't do well... Everything affects you, success affects you and failure also affects you.

Not that I've always loved the movie when they finally come out, or if they ever come out-because many of them don't come out-but I've gotten to work with really good story editors and stuff like that.

For me, utter failure is to make a film that people pay their money to go see and they don't like.

That was Embassy Pictures, they went bankrupt shortly after This is Spinal Tap came out.

Woody Allen would go for seven years without a movie and then make one that makes no money.

'The Road to Wellville'... it had Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, directed by Alan Parker. I hadn't been doing all that well, and I was thrilled to get it, and it just didn't work. It was a terrible movie, but I don't think it's anyone's fault.

Yes, 'Aagadu' was a failure. I was dejected for a couple of months, since there was a lot at stake.

The failure of 'OK Jaanu' hit me hard.

I was very excited and interested as a background dancer or as a theatre actor or when I was working on TV, or even on the film which didn't do well, like 'Byomkesh.'

The Hindi remake rights for 'Visaranai' have been bought by director Priyadarshan.

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

The first person I met in the business was David Heyman, who was a producer on Daytrippers and who went on to produce the highly-unsuccessful Harry Potter series.

My father is a big fan of Amitabh Bachchan and always wanted to work or star in a remake of any of his film. But he didn't get the opportunity.

I'm doing 'Maula Jutt 2,' which is a Punjabi film. For me, it's a new experience because I have never spoken Punjabi, and I hope everyone is going to love it.

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.

After 'Ra.One,' 'Cash,' 'Tum Bin 2' did not work, I almost lost my confidence as a director.

I enjoyed all my films equally. I have loved working in all the movies which I signed. Whenever I used to like the script and the director only then I would say yes for the movie otherwise it was a complete no.

Making 'Pacific Rim' was a lot like what you imagined making movies would be like when you were 12.

I'm not sure if my story will become a movie. Some of my western friends sent my story to people they know in the movie industry. But one consistent response was there aren't any main western characters in my story, so it's unlikely to be made into a movie in English.