Ed Wood Quotes

Well, it's so cheesy to say but you can't find a comedy director who makes movies for critics. When a movie does $580 million worldwide, I'm not saying that proves anything except people were enjoying the experience.

Ideally, I'd like to have a movie that people like and makes money.

It is true that no matter how good your film is, you get judged purely on the basis of how well it does at the box office.

Films are commercially viable when you work with a superstar. That's why I did 'London Dreams' and 'Ready.'

Ninety per cent of my movies were hits.

I always say, what really makes a movie commercial is that it makes its money back.

Hard Day's Night was one of those great films that will never happen again to anyone in their lifetime. UA were in profit before we'd even finished shooting - The advance sales on the album - the film was out before the album was out was more than it cost UA to make the film.

I would love it if my films made a lot of money, and may I say that 'The Yards' is the only one that's lost money.

My favorite characters are the ones that are the most successful movies.

Sometimes earning awards doesn't matter as much as earning revenue or profit, or having a good response from the audience. No matter how many awards you win, if you can't earn any profit from your movie, if the audience doesn't like it, then it doesn't matter how many awards you get.

The effort always remains that my new film outdoes my last in terms of performance and gets better box office success. Box office is the sole reason why I do films.

Whenever we actors become part of a Bollywood film, there is a certain pressure of earning a box office success.

Every film is made for a commercial purpose - to earn money at the box-office.

I don't really think about the box office, but I want my films to do well.

If a movie crosses budget and becomes a hit, no one cares. They care only when it doesn't do well.

Obviously, SNL has a lot of viewers, but the potential for a movie is through the roof.

All my films have been criticised, but here I stand with six superhits and three 100-crore films!

Obviously, I try to make the films work for an audience. That's the main point of making a film, and in retrospect, one can see that certain films, let's say Leaving Las Vegas, demonstrated its own success.

To make money, it may be important to win the Academy Award, for it might mean another ten million dollars at the box office.

If I knew what makes a movie catch on then I'd make hit after hit.

Westerns are very difficult to predict whether they'll reach an audience or not.

I reckon this could mean another 10 million at the box office.

The success of the film should depend on its budget.

I've never made a film that lost money.

What counts in Hollywood is box office. It doesn't really matter what people think of you as an actor because, as long as you have been in a movie that has made money, you will always get another job.