Matthew Vaughn Quotes

You know, it's funny... when you're making money, people don't think you're playing jazz. Now when you're not making money, people think that you're a good jazz musician.

You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so it's not a concern of mine.

I'm very happy that the New York Times has spoken well of my stuff; who wouldn't be? But it's not a choice I made.

If no one wants to jump into a Kim Weston and drive it down the street. That's fine with me I don't care. I know my work is good and I know it's serious work.

I'm a believer in presenting something that is worth paying to see. I've always felt lucky in that the work that pleases me pleases other people as well.

Whether the work that I do shall succeed or achieve critical acclaim is for the audience to decide.

I don't want to be sitting and pondering over how many stars my film will get. It's rubbish! I make films that I like - some get really appreciated, and some don't. Till now, luckily, they have done well, but I can't become a slave to that. And I won't - never!

I've never wanted to be the hottest star. I always wanted to do good movies.

As we began working toward the finale of 'Lost,' I knew there was no possible ending that was going to be universally loved, and I accepted that. We ended the story the way we wanted it to end, and we stand by it. On my Twitter feed, I still get ten to fifteen positive comments for every negative one.

I have not given much credence to reviews of my films. Sometimes they're wrong, but it didn't matter to me.

I've made records that everyone has hated and I've loved, and made records that everyone has loved and I've deemed, at best, mediocre.

Because I've made a film with such an amazing director as Tarantino, I'm much more conscious of working with good directors from now on, so that's what's important to me. I don't really care about making a big movie - I just want to make good ones.

I've always been fussier than I can afford to be. I don't just want to do whatever it takes to be successful, I want to do what I consider to be good stuff. If I'm not engaged in something, it doesn't matter what it is and who's doing it.

I really do hope that the people will like 14:59. The critics seem to like it. We got a lot of good reviews.

Audiences don't ever disappoint me, in the sense that movies I feel really good about, they usually feel really good about too.

I've made movies that I thought were good. I've made movies that I thought were okay, but then I was very good. And sometimes you're in a movie and you think, I wish more people saw that - because you're good. And it just works out that the movie gets lost. But that's show business.

I have learned from my experiences in this industry that there is absolutely no way to control people's opinions on your performance in your movie. You go out there, promote your film and hope people like the work you did.

You should create a work that is so valuable it might eventually sell at a high price, but you've got to concentrate on how you create that artwork.

I am so anti-people's opinions when I'm making a record, but when it's finished and I put it out there, I hope somebody likes it.

Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it's quite relevant. Besides, it makes me feel great.

Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent.

If there ever is a struggle, making a good movie will always supersede the need to be noble.

I write for myself - but it is nice when other people like it, too!

You can only make the best thing you can make, and if it offends purists, or angers certain critics, you can only have done your best.

If you do a brilliant work and if the audience don't like it, what's the point.