Abhishek Bachchan Quotes

I've never made a film that lost money.

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.

Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process.

Sandalwood is a force to reckon with. People from all over are investing time and money here because the films have good reach and reap good rewards as well.

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.

Films that score very high with test audiences generally tend to not be so great. But, there's a lot of money involved in making movies, and it's a way for people to reassure themselves, who have spent money, and it's also a way to work out how to market a movie.

I have always tried to make profitable films because people's offices shut down if films fail, and I will do everything to avoid that.

If there's a British film in the marketplace that is successful on a worldwide basis - whether it's 'A Room with a View,' 'Four Weddings' or 'The Full Monty' - money follows, and everyone tries to emulate that success.

I'm really tired of making these huge, over-$100 million movies where they literally mean life and death for a studio. It's really rough making these expensive movies. Everyone is hysterical.

We have so many films that we can fit into the slate a year, and we spend $100 million on those films in order to make $400 million dollars. We don't spend $20 million in hopes of eking out $40 million.

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.

If you screw up five films straight, then you're done. It's a business, the producer invests money and you need to make sure his money is recovered and in the process you give out the best film.

I would like to do more feature work. I intend to do that. To be really honest, it's an economic thing because when you make a film that doesn't make what it cost back, it's very difficult to get back in the ring.

Let's face it, making movies is all risk. Most of the time, batting average-wise, the reward does not outweigh the risk.

I think, unfortunately or fortunately, the reality of Hollywood is that if your movie makes money, they'll make another one.

Basically, movies come down to economics, and they're always too expensive. From a producer's point of view, an actor is either going to make him money or save him money.

If someone puts up $100 million on a movie, they're gonna be concerned about whether they'll get it back. So they're not gonna make a movie about three girls, you know?

The amazing thing is that the more money it takes for a movie to get made, the more you feel like everybody wants you to fail.

When I was filming 'The Outsiders,' my idea of success was getting the next Martin Scorsese movie.

I want people to see my name on a movie, pay money and know they're going to be entertained for 90 minutes.

It's a sin to have your films not to make money.

I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.

Films must all have the same structure. All of this to guarantee box office bonanza, which of course it never does, but that's another discussion entirely.

Movies are a commercial medium. We don't make movies to impress our friends and critics. It's an expensive medium. We have to gain money from it.

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!