Aditi Rao Hydari Quotes

At the end of the day, successful box office just means that more people saw what you did and liked it, and that to me is the most important thing. That a lot of people saw it and liked it.

I've made movies where people say it's their favourite, but they don't take it seriously because it just didn't seem to break through commercially.

If you make a good film, then there's no harm if it achieves commercial success.

For a filmmaker, whether the film is liked, understood or appreciated counts as much as the moolah.

I am happy that most of my films did good business and either set or broke records at the box office.

'Badlapur' was my first film that did well, commercially. People have also watched the other films that I have made, but they didn't bring in the footfall.

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

Ideally, I'd like to have a movie that people like and makes money.

Today it's not culture; it's box office.

If 'American Beauty' came out today, it wouldn't make nearly as much money.

Whenever we actors become part of a Bollywood film, there is a certain pressure of earning a box office success.

I don't really think about the box office, but I want my films to do well.

You want every film that you make to do well, not just indie films in general.

If my film doesn't make money, it means people didn't go watch it. So it doesn't matter then that the critics loved it.

Well, it's so cheesy to say but you can't find a comedy director who makes movies for critics. When a movie does $580 million worldwide, I'm not saying that proves anything except people were enjoying the experience.

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.

When Silence of the Lambs did well commercially it was more than anything. My partner Ed Saxon and I were just so relieved that finally we had made a movie that had made some money!

I want to make a film that is commercially successful because that means that the larger cinema-going audience around the world like the movie, which is my goal. That's my job, to make films that people respond to.

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.

I've had a lot of different responses to my films. I got a lot of support from 'The Piano,' the obvious one, but it feels like an ocean, with a lot going on - the goal is to keep alive.

A lot of the films I do go down brilliantly critically and win awards, but not a lot of people see them.

Every time I do a movie, I think it's going to be a huge hit.

I want lot of luck and want all my films to be really super hits. I don't want to hear that the film is not good, but you did a good job. I am tired of hearing that. I am hoping for little luck so that my films do really 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.

Bollywood is an industry that is closer to making more entertainment-based films than anything else because people here are bothered about money.