Billy Boyd Quotes

I made 'Siam Sunset.' In Australia, it was pretty much universally hated, but I did notice that almost any American who saw it loved that film, so in 2001 I made a film in America called 'Swimfan,' and they released like a big studio movie, and it made money.

Hollywood movies are run on fear and they don't want to make bold choices. They, generally, speaking want to keep things status quo. That's not really interesting for me.

More money has been lost trying to imitate 'Rocky' than 'Rocky' has made.

A lot of things and a lot of money is involved in a movie. It is very upsetting when a movie doesn't fare well at the box-office.

If I give five flops, I won't get a job. You have to perform at the box office when you are at the top. No one is running a charity here. People are putting huge amounts of money to make movies, and they want the films to be successful. They have invested money in you, so it is your duty to make sure the film does well.

I think television has always been one to replicate when something's successful. I don't think there's quite as much innovation.

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.

The truth is when you have a movie that was as successful as 'Chronicle' was, it's not as quick of a process. There are a lot more voices coming in and saying 'This is what the sequel should be' because there's a bigger expectation and a bigger fear of failure. And that's really what's going on with 'Chronicle 2.'

Awards are important for all directors because they improve your working conditions. You're only as good as your last film, so if you get prizes or large audiences, then you get more money for your next film.

I've made movies that we're very successful that we're a complete surprise, and I've made movies that I thought we're going to be very successful that, you know.

The only reason why I would like to be accepted? Because if your movies don't do well, after a while you don't get to make any more movies.

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

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.

People say you should do it this way, someone else suggests that, yes, there's financing, but maybe you should use this actor. And there are the threats, at the end - if you don't do it this way, you'll lose your box office; if you don't do it that way, you'll never get financed again... 35, 40 years of this, you get beat up.

I guess, you make a big studio film, you spend a lot of money on it and you hope people go see it. It's really risky.

The actors are in control, getting outrageous amounts of money. The reason they're getting this kind of money is because the studios don't know what else to do. They don't have a clue about what to do except to pay an actor a lot of money.

You never know how films are going to do and it is daunting if I think about it.

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.

The movies that will truly be successful will feel different than the movies of the year before.

I've never made a film that lost money.

Working on films where the money's more important than the creativity, I just get a bit freaked out by that. I just don't feel comfortable.

I think more and more people these days go for the safe option in film making.

Any time you're stepping out on a limb as an artist, it's scary, especially when you have a lot of success. When you're reaching a lot of people, the masses, it's easy to stay in that niche, you know? Especially when you're making a lot of money and you know there's a formula, it's easy to stay in that rut.

As we all know, sequels can be tricky.

When you have films like 'Bourne' that succeed, not only does it beget sequels, but it begets people taking chances.