Sajid Nadiadwala Quotes

We made 'Housefull 4' because 1, 2 and 3 were loved by the audience.

When I first did 'The Fast and the Furious', I didn't want there to be a sequel on the first one. I thought, 'Why would you rush to do a sequel - just because your first film is successful?'

When you're working on a movie you always hope that people will go for it and enjoy what you're doing.

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.

'Singham' was one-and-a-half stars all over, and it was one of the biggest hits of my career. It gave me so much respect. People think if it's not critically acclaimed, you won't get respect. But that's not true. Even if you get one star, your film will do well if the audience wants to see it.

I don't think 'Cocktail' was a perfect critical success, but it touched a vein in our culture.

But the community knew Blade, and everybody but us was shocked at the box office, and subsequently the DVD. That was the beginning of the DVD revolution, and Blade was just like wildfire.

I think the 'Saw' universe, the 'Saw' brand, is too big to just let it just sit there on a shelf.

Since two of my films of 'Pyaar Ka Punchnama' series worked, people think I am good in such roles.

Dabangg' is an actor-driven franchise.

I go into movies I hate, and that movie will make $500 million.

I feel 'Tum Bin' is a franchise where fresh actors are appreciated.

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

I always feel like every film takes the franchise and hangs it in the balance.

What I'm realizing as I get older is that a movie's mainstream success is just as unpredictable as a movie's cult success. Plenty of movies that are truly odd and deserve cults, don't have cults. It's just as much of a crapshoot to be a cult hit as it is to be a mainstream success. Isn't that weird?

In films, you will be judged by your last hit or, let's say, your last film.

No one has ever told me that I act badly. It is just that most of the films I did didn't click.

It's a happy thing if a film does good business.

If a film is a huge hit, you do think properly before choosing your next projects.

Superstar,' my first Gujarati film is a game changer for the Gujarati film industry. When I saw it on the big screen, I had goosebumps.

For me, 'Mary Magdalene' is the most beautiful film I've shot with the performances and the script and the actors and ensemble. But not one saw it.

I hardly watch commercial films but I have nothing against them.

Ninety per cent of my movies were hits.

Box office success definitely matters. I will be lying if say it does not matter.

Aradhana' was a very big hit while 'Avishkaar' is a cult film.