Patton Oswalt Quotes

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

I think the success of a film is very important to an actor. It depends on how many people go to watch your movies; the more the merrier. Nobody wants to do a film for five people. You work so hard that millions of people watch the movie; this is directly related to box office success.

We can't say whether a film will be a hit or flop. There's something which just clicks with people.

I'm the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I'm really surprised if a movie I like does well.

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.

I knew that when the trailer of 'Bahubali' released, it would have a great impact, and it did.

I wish that 'Yama Pasham' will be a bigger hit than 'Krishnagaadi Veera Prema Gaadha.'

Every actor, director, and producer want all their films to do well. So you choose the role carefully, listen to the script, and work hard. But there is no way of predicting whether it will be a hit or a flop.

Ninety per cent of my movies were hits.

At the end of it, box office result matters. And the weird thing is that we do not know the formula of that.

I don't think a film has ever worked at the box office because of a star.

Well cult is a word you would never say in Hollywood. In any film business, if you're trying to get your next film made, you would never say, "Oh, my last film was a cult film." I'd say, "Oh great, well I hope this one isn't!"

It is really cool to have created a movie that has turned out to become the biggest movie of the year.

The truth is when you have a movie that was as successful as 'Chronicle' was, it's not as quick of a process. There are a lot more voices coming in and saying 'This is what the sequel should be' because there's a bigger expectation and a bigger fear of failure. And that's really what's going on with 'Chronicle 2.'

I'm always so amazed by which performances work really, really well and which ones don't. But I think it's just mostly, 'She's Out Of My League,' so many people saw that movie on DVD and on the plane. Just millions of people saw that movie. That's the reason I'm somewhat famous.

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

I want people to see my name on a movie, pay money and know they're going to be entertained for 90 minutes.

The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.

Had 'Bridesmaids' not ended up being so amazing and successful, we would never have been able to make 'Bachelorette.' So we are in awe of 'Bridesmaids' and totally owe them so much.

Just because there are celebrities in a movie, it doesn't mean anything. I don't think The Ant Bully did all that well the first week at the box office. Compare the movies that have a lot of celebrities with the Jimmy Neutron movie, which had no celebrity voices and grossed almost one hundred million dollars.

Predicting what content is going to fly is like looking into a crystal ball. I try not to say, 'Yeah, 'Bridesmaids' opened the door to make more movies about women.' I mean, did it? I don't know; where are they?

Everybody loves a hit. There is nothing as fun as making a cultural splash with a movie.

Ultimately, making movies, if you don't have a big star, it's hard to do. Or if it's not a star director.

It's fantastic to see 'Les Miserables' become the top-grossing film at the U.K. box office.