Bob Balaban Quotes

I wouldn't mind being in an American film for a laugh, but I certainly don't want to be in Thingy Blah Blah 3, if you know what I mean.

You could just do independent movies, but I like bigger kind of studio movies, at least some of them.

It's the formulaic studio movies the make money, and when they do, the actors in them are automatically movie stars.

I think it's easier to make a film with 200 million dollars than 960 grand.

Most of Hollywood is about making money - and I love money, but I don't make the films thinking about money.

I went to see 'Men In Black 2.' It was just a commodity, just money being shifted.

I'd never been in one of those great big blockbusters.

There's very few people who want to just make beautiful films that make money, when they can make films that make huge money.

I love a good play, but they're too hard to find.

The film is not a success until it makes money. It's only good when there's a dollar figure attached to the box office.

I would love to have the biggest band that I can have. I'd love to put on a massive show and just give people their money's worth, then just come away from it thinking, 'That was a good show', because it's kind of disappointing sometimes when you go and see someone and you can see they're not that bothered.

I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business.

I love doing movies but I loved doing theatre just as much.

Oh, God, I would love to go and do a play someplace.

For the most part, studio movies have huge budgets. They don't do anything under 30 to 40 million. When you have that much money at stake, you have so many people breathing down your neck.

I would love to do a rom-com, but they are not good - good and successful doesn't equate to the same thing.

I'd love to work with Tom Cruise.

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

I just don't want to do a movie because it paid me a lot of money.

Then if your movie clicks with real audiences, you'll be sucked into some sort of Hollywood orbit. It's a devil of a place where the only religion that really counts is box office.

Working on a big-budget summer blockbuster with a built-in fan base is a dream come true for any actor.

I love doing both theater and television.

I hope to make the most expensive movie in history at some point!

I would love to do a big-budget movie musical - I feel like there is one big musical movie a year. And I'm always there at the theater to see them - I love them.

I am married to the theater, and the films are only my mistress.