Nathan Myhrvold Quotes

I don't care how much hardware you throw at an audience. If they are not emotionally invested in the thing, it's zero. I can name a slew of films, but I have no ax to grind. I understand the commerce of Hollywood probably better than anyone.

I think the movie industry has to pay attention that we need to make good quality films, or we are never going to get the business back.

I try to work on a film that my audiences would appreciate and enjoy their time in a theatre.

In some ways, you could argue, television is doing far more interesting work than the movies. It's more fulfilling.

I believe that there's good content or bad content. You see interviews when somebody interviews a director of a movie that didn't perform well in the box office, and he says, 'The audience didn't understand my movie.' If people didn't go to buy the ticket, then you did the wrong movie.

Film making is an expensive, as well as a serious business. We should be able to entertain our audiences, who are fully aware of what they want. Every filmmaker has a different point of view and presents facets of society.

Hollywood still makes things. We still export a couple billion dollars' worth of product overseas. Original, new product. Some people might not agree that it's original or new, but basically it is.

I look at the feature films that come out, and by and large, 85 percent of them are things I wouldn't in a million years sit down and watch. The more interesting storytelling is happening on television by a long shot.

I found that the quality of TV material that came to me was so great and was just often better than the film material I got. And when I find a good movie that I really like, I jump on it because it's exciting to do.

I think we have a responsibility to shape the zeitgeist with the movies we put out there. Because 'After Earth' isn't going to do it. 'The Expendables 3' isn't going to do it. You could make one million amazing films for the amount of money they spend on those films. I get frustrated.

The story is important for any movie, for it is in the film industry, the consumer pays the money before he or she gets the product. So, the responsibility of delivering a good product is on us.

I would like to say to as many people as possible that please go and see the film 'Jaana,' because we all have worked hard to make it a good film.

Peak TV has resulted in beautiful shows that have nothing in particular to tell us about humanity.

I don't think about money when it comes to films.

There is no safe zone now: whether it's commercial or experimental films, the audience wants content. Otherwise, they reject the film.

There's always this debate about how we need more good films but how many are willing to be part of such films.

The lack of 'quality' films in Pakistan was one of the reasons why I stayed away.

Any cinema has to be entertaining. Boring cinema won't work. If you want to make one, then screen it for free on TV.

To me, movies are valuable as an art form and as a wonderful means of popular entertainment. But I think movies have gone terribly wrong.

To be only spectacular should be 5 or 10 percent of cinema.

I believe that cinema is not only an artistic industry, but there is also a political activity.

I think the audience will be pleasantly surprised to see what I have attempted with 'Dolly Ki Doli.' I am confident that this movie will be accepted.

Films are made for audience's appreciation but films are also made for artistic satisfaction.

My films are like drinking a good beer, but pleasure doesn't mean that it cannot change someone's point of view.

I want to do films that provide entertainment, but are also content-driven.