Lionel Shriver Quotes

A lot of dumb pictures have made a lot of money, but that doesn't mean they're going to be anything cinema students will revel over in the future.

People can criticise all day long, I think I've proven myself, I think I deliver. And I agree, box office does not mean a movie's good, but I feel like I'm making good movies and I'm delivering in box office.

One of my gripes about movies is that people take them so seriously, and the moneymaking aspects are so brutal.

I would love to do a rom-com, but they are not good - good and successful doesn't equate to the same thing.

There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.

It's about balance. Do a movie that's good for your career, then do a one that gets good box office.

I don't think 'Cocktail' was a perfect critical success, but it touched a vein in our culture.

If you make a good film, then there's no harm if it achieves commercial success.

I would never want to do a content-driven film with a box office life of Rs 20 crore.

I believe in good films and bad films. Box-office business and all is my husband's section. Sometimes I really get surprised when good films don't do well... Sometimes you are really shocked when an average film does very well.

Personally, the films I love include 'Black Friday,' 'Lage Raho Munna Bhai,' 'Love Sex Aur Dhoka,' and 'Zindagi Na Milege Dobara' because they work at the box office and are complete packages.

For me, money has never been an indicator. And it is very sad that each and every film these days is being judged by the money that it makes. It's a world that I don't want to be a part of, and I try and stay away from that.

There are very few movies that become real phenomenons the way 'Twilight' or 'The Hunger Games' did.

I am not against doing commercial cinema at all.

My goal is not to make a 100 crore film but a film which has got content.

I want my films to make money first. Awards and all can come later.

Of all my movies, I feel that 'Krishna Gopalakrishna' remains one of my best works though it could not be called a box office success. I maintain that it was far ahead of its time.

Sometimes, films that you do with a lot of care and look good at the time of signing may not work out for some reason or other.

If we make films only for the frontbenchers, we can't make money. Hence, we have to make it for a majority audience. As my films are mass films, I deal with emotions in raw form - they are not subtle. I don't mind being branded. That does not mean I like only those kinds of films.

I would never make a film because I think it's going to be a box-office success.

Baghbaan' is a totally commercial film.

The initial response to 'Yennai Arindhaal' was that it didn't have all the quintessential commercial elements, though I consider it as my most commercial venture.

I cannot put pressure on myself that I have delivered a Rs 100 crore film and now I have to give it again or it will not be successful. Films that earn Rs 50 crore or Rs 60 crore are successful, too.

Horror movies make a lot of money in India.

I really believe quality over quantity and 'Mardaani' was really well-received. It got me critical acclaim and box-office success, both.