Maxwell Caulfield Quotes

I was always flattered, but I just want my movies to make money. I want to be commercial. I'm never the person who says, "I don't care if people don't see my movies." I always want people to see my movies.

Comedians do movies and TV so that when they tour, they sell out. That's the goal: To get popular enough so the place is packed.

It's called show business for a reason. The theater owners want to make money, and understandably so.

I'm the cash cow, I believe, so at 135 or 130, I'm selling out arenas, putting butts in the seats.

I've made a lot of people a lot of money, and I've made a lot of people really happy. I've entertained millions and millions of people.

My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.

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.

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

Film is much more of a brand business, whereas on Broadway, you can do complete unknowns and have hits.

The hard thing is getting people to come to the theater to see something, no matter if it's good or not.

And the live show is still our main thing.

There are certainly laws and elements that make a film more accessible to mainstream audiences. If you've got Tom Cruise as a strongman, I'm sure it would have larger audiences, but it wouldn't have the same substance.

Every actor's deepest desire is to reach a huge audience. So, I don't look down upon commercial cinema... there's a beauty in it that you understand sooner or later.

You know, social issue movies don't make a lot of money.

We're making a commercial Hindi film catering to all types of audiences.

When I owned the theater, I had the Glen Miller Orchestra. I had 20 girls singing and dancing. I had a cast of characters. It was a big group production, as well as ushers, ticket takers.

We're not doing brain surgery. We're not saving lives... Even if you're doing Shakespeare, it's still entertainment. We're just entertaining people. We're just doing the stuff that comes on in between the ads.

The publicity machine for films and television is so much bigger than for theatre.

I want to be commercial. I'm never the person who says, 'I don't care if people don't see my movies.' I always want people to see my movies.

I'm not Kathy Griffin. I can't do 1200 seat venues. I need 300, 400 something like that.

'Cabaret' was the most commercial success that I've been involved in.

I could see myself being on a TV show, but I think touring is something I'll always do.

Fundamentally, the most important thing is to get the film made for me and to get as many people to see it as possible. And if I help that, then - I know I help that, let's put it that way. I do know that I help that. It is called show business.

When I made 'Pizza,' all I had in my mind was to make the film reach as many people as possible.

It's nice to stretch in different directions and use different muscles. You can get swallowed into Hollywood, where it's all about bums on seats and how commercial a film is.