Abhay Deol Quotes

Yes, 'Aagadu' was a failure. I was dejected for a couple of months, since there was a lot at stake.

I feel bad when my film flops.

The failure of 'OK Jaanu' hit me hard.

Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty.

When 'Fitoor' didn't work, it affected me a lot. It hurts when a film doesn't do well.

I've learned that you can never predict what will happen to a film. You can never predict if people will love it, if they'll hate it. It's an act of ego if you're hoping for everyone to love the film and tell you how great you are.

For me, utter failure is to make a film that people pay their money to go see and they don't like.

They botched 'Raise the Titanic' so badly that I waited 20 years to do it again.

'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' and 'Used Cars' were absolute failures at the box office. Complete disasters. I learned some sad news: it's not an automatic thing that, if you make a good movie, everyone wants to see it.

If a film does not do well, there is a certain period when you do feel low. It affects you because you put in a lot of effort.

Of course it looks bad when you're not executing. When things go bad, it's not going to look good.

And generally the shows I'm in fail really big.

It's not a happy time when a film drops dead on your doorstep.

Having written both comedy and drama, comedy's harder because the fear of failure's so much stronger. When you write a scene and you see it cut together, and it doesn't make you laugh, it hurts in a way that failed drama doesn't. Failed drama, it's all, 'That's not that compelling,' but failed comedy just lays there.

When we were making The Fugitive, we all thought it was going to bomb.

I mean it shouldn't hang you up emotionally if your record fails.

If I was to get turned down by a girl, I'd just give up and say, 'Oh well.'

People will say a movie bombed at the box office but I couldn't care less.

When people say they take hits and flops in their stride, I personally feel that they are just lying. Of course, I'm upset when my movies flop. I take it very personally.

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.

I don't know, I'll probably make the first superhero movie that bombs.

Good filmmakers make bad films; it happens.

All of Hollywood was convinced that 'Gone with the Wind' would be a colossal disaster and rather hoped it would be.

When my films don't do well, I'm hurt and surprised. It's discouraging.

Basically, I've found that if you have two films that don't perform well, it doesn't matter that you've had a bunch of successful ones. The phone stops ringing, and after 'Deadly Blessing' and 'Swamp Thing,' that's what happened.