Vivek Oberoi Quotes

It is true that no matter how good your film is, you get judged purely on the basis of how well it does at the box office.

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

I reckon this could mean another 10 million at the box office.

I think everybody involved in a movie thinks about the box office. It's the 'biz' part of showbiz.

What counts in Hollywood is box office. It doesn't really matter what people think of you as an actor because, as long as you have been in a movie that has made money, you will always get another job.

There are films which are good, but sometimes it doesn't work at the box office.

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

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.

Ninety per cent of my movies were hits.

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 don't make movies thinking: 'Oh, this is going to be a huge box-office hit.'

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!

It doesn't really matter if this movie's a success or not, because it's already out there.

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

So how critics will perceive your film or your work, or whether your movie is going to make $100 million at the box office, or whether you are going to be winning any awards - well, you have no control over that.

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

Sometimes earning awards doesn't matter as much as earning revenue or profit, or having a good response from the audience. No matter how many awards you win, if you can't earn any profit from your movie, if the audience doesn't like it, then it doesn't matter how many awards you get.

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.

I thought 'Deliverance' was a very good film. But it didn't have the success financially that 'Smokey and the Bandit' did, although that film made more money than 'Star Wars' in the first week.

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

Commercial film is a film that makes a lot of money, and I have very high hopes from 'Sonchiriya.'

Film is not just about the art form but also how it fares at the box office.

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

I want all my films to do well.

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