Josh Lawson Quotes

I don't have an anti-Hollywood feeling. It's just I'm a New Zealander. I was born in New Zealand, and it's where my house is, and my family goes to school there. My interest is to remain in my homeland and make films. I don't really want to relocate myself to other countries in the world to work.

I support all Australian films.

Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories?

It's hard to pinpoint why all of a sudden a group of Australian films will be doing well and why they perhaps are better made than some from the past.

I want to go back home and make movies in Australia. There's so many stories that we haven't captured yet. In Australia, we cling on to whatever culture we have. We're such a multicultural country.

We have to support our own films. If we don't, how can we expect others to support them?

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.

I still, by and large, make low-budget Australian films.

I'm so used to Australian films not getting a release outside Australia.

My goal is not to make a 100 crore film but a film which has got content.

Ideally, I want my films to work because I want the people who have invested their money to get back their investment and make profits too.

It's not necessary that every film has to hit Rs 100 crore box office, or the Rs 50 crore budget. If the film makes double of its project budget, we consider that a hit, and that also means that the film is in profit.

What eventually counts is whether your film was successful at the box-office or not, or more so if the film has made its money, and 'Race 3' did that.

I think people want to watch me in films, and that's why filmmakers want to work with me and tell stories.

My family believes in a good script and ultimately everything that is attached to it. I am more interested in a hit film than a good film.

Digitization has altered the nature of the film industry. Social media, especially, has become a decisive factor in determining a film's box office success.

A real blockbuster is one where everyone, from a small technician to a distributor, gets profits. The true success of a film is when every person involved is happy.

Every film is made for a commercial purpose - to earn money at the box-office.

I believe in one thing, and that is content, because if your content is strong, the film will surely be hit at the box office.

Shiraz' is an important part of our filmmaking and cultural history.

Cinema plays an important role in uniting the entire nation as a single unit.

They're strange, the Aussies. Because if they like you, they say, 'Oh, he's an Aussie.' And I keep saying, 'I'm not, I'm from Preston.' There's nothing Australian about me. Don't start claiming me just because I've got a job over here.

The audience in Kerala have been giving a good response to my films, including 'Paiyaa' and 'Siruthai.'

When I see good films not doing well, irrespective of my role being appreciated or not, I have a problem because then the producer who has made a loss will never believe in investing in good cinema.

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