Terry Zwigoff Quotes

I feel reviewers are tougher on comedies in general. They don't take them seriously, and the ones that get great reviews are not necessarily the ones that I like.

Fair or not, it always sucks when everyone wanders back from Sundance talking about how bad the movies were.

I haven't read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years.

I have not given much credence to reviews of my films. Sometimes they're wrong, but it didn't matter to me.

I made three movies in 1995 and I was unhappy with all of them: Sleepers, Incognito, and Speed 2.

I don't generally do movies that get good reviews.

Still, as much as I wish Ballistic Kiss could be a better film, the recognition it gained from critics and at festivals speaks for itself.

I don't think 'Cocktail' was a perfect critical success, but it touched a vein in our culture.

I don't think the audience always listens to the critics. That's been proven time and time again.

I try not to repeat myself too often, but it's a gamble. 'Fred Claus' had three Oscar winners in it. No business - it was a bad movie.

I do know my own films don't necessarily work within that high-pressure reductive moment of the opening weekend - or all the ways that many people assess the value of movies.

'12 Years A Slave' is a film that is beautifully shot, wonderfully acted, and told in a compelling manner. However, there are some questions, in my opinion, as to its importance. Paramount among those questions is, What does this scenario illustrate that we didn't know or haven't seen before? And why does such a film garner such popularity?

Rotten Tomatoes is the best thing that happened to the movie business because it means you have to make good movies.

I believe in good films and bad films. Box-office business and all is my husband's section. Sometimes I really get surprised when good films don't do well... Sometimes you are really shocked when an average film does very well.

The critics mostly review the budgets when they go to see a big-budget movie. They are out to get a big-budget movie. On the other hand, if they review a picture that is done as a graduate thesis by some college film student for $25,000, it is almost sure to be admired and respected.

I don't judge cinema on its box-office success.

A lot of times, mainstream critics are much tougher on small, independent movies because they can be.

For me an unfavorable initial reaction happens fairly often. For some reason the more time that elapses after the film opens, the more favorable the reviews become.

The 'Reno' movie is very solid. 'Balls of Fury' I'm pretty disappointed in - I blame myself. People hate both of those movies equally.

If it's a good movie, it's a good movie. I don't care about the genres.

I don't think I could have had a better experience than I did with 'Girlfight.' It was a humbling experience to be so well received. And it was equally humbling to be ripped to pieces with 'Aeon Flux.'

My films always play better outside of New York, especially to critics.

I choose movies with caution.

I'm the world's greatest apologist for Brian De Palma but his version of Ellroy's 'The Black Dahlia' is a disaster.

I sometimes think many reviewers write the reviews of my films even before they see them.