Sajid Nadiadwala Quotes

Yes, 'Aagadu' was a failure. I was dejected for a couple of months, since there was a lot at stake.

Every movie I touched bombed.

'Karzzz' was a mistake.

The failure of 'OK Jaanu' hit me hard.

Failure at the box office of some of my earlier films led to a lack of opportunity to play main lead in good films.

It is funny now, but in the beginning of my career, some of the films failed at the box office, and filmmakers stopped casting me, saying I am bringing bad luck to their film.

When 'Fitoor' didn't work, it affected me a lot. It hurts when a film doesn't do well.

I got to make 'Trishakti' with Arshad Warsi, who was a newcomer at that time. The movie took three years to complete and became dated by the time it was released. The movie did not even get a proper release and bombed at the box office. It was a very bad patch of my life and a big disaster for my career.

And generally the shows I'm in fail really big.

I should have been deliriously happy. I had my dream come true. I'm a best-selling author. So why is everything in my life, including my writing, going bad?

I was 17 and the whole thing was very confusing at the time. It was a great job and I loved it, and to lose the role was definitely tough for me. I was devastated when I lost the role.

Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty.

I was slightly disheartened when three of my films didn't work at the box-office. But the silver lining is that people did appreciate my work in those films. Had my performance gone unnoticed, I would've been in big trouble then.

I had knockback after knockback before I got anywhere. After I got my first record deal I thought that was it, then Gut Records went into liquidation. I was 20. I had no idea what that meant. I had a few days to get myself out of that contract or my work would be owned by someone else.

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.

Getting fired was always a big deal to me. It's a bit like having someone break up with you.

I went through a period of pulling away from everything - acting, people - not sure if I would ever have a voice in this business.

The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again.

For me, utter failure is to make a film that people pay their money to go see and they don't like.

After I was fired from Disney, I did some of the worst movies ever made.

You just don't go out when you're over 55 years of age, have a colossal failure, and expect to find work in your field again.

Basically, I've found that if you have two films that don't perform well, it doesn't matter that you've had a bunch of successful ones. The phone stops ringing, and after 'Deadly Blessing' and 'Swamp Thing,' that's what happened.

'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' and 'Used Cars' were absolute failures at the box office. Complete disasters. I learned some sad news: it's not an automatic thing that, if you make a good movie, everyone wants to see it.

I struggled for many, many years following 'Music and Lyrics' - I mean really struggled.

For two years, I was without a movie down South, and 'Department' proved a disaster; people don't even remember the film.