Doug Liman Quotes

A movie like 'Edge of Tomorrow' is so huge and complex - the spectacle and action is all-consuming - and that on its own is enough of a reason for a lot of people to see it.

I cannot stop gushing over the reviews that 'The Dirty Picture' has garnered. I'm glad that people are loving it.

My fans loved 'Rathnavel Pandian,' as they love mass, but 'Theeran' gave me complete satisfaction.

I was confident about the potential of 'Baaghi 2' when I greenlit it, but the final product has blown me away.

Well, it's so cheesy to say but you can't find a comedy director who makes movies for critics. When a movie does $580 million worldwide, I'm not saying that proves anything except people were enjoying the experience.

Whether you're a believer or not, a flawed biblical epic is going to be more entertaining than a remake of a Paul Verhoeven movie or some third-rate sci-fi flick.

I also care that the public are getting their 12 dollars worth when they go to a movie, and that they're not coming out not wanting to ever see a movie with me in it again.

The success of 'The Fighter' made it a lot easier to get 'Broken City' green-lit. And the buzz about 'The Fighter' also made it a lot easier to get 'Contraband' green-lit.

I think the success of a film is very important to an actor. It depends on how many people go to watch your movies; the more the merrier. Nobody wants to do a film for five people. You work so hard that millions of people watch the movie; this is directly related to box office success.

You could say that Iron Man was a second-tier character, and it turned out very successfully. I simply think it's down to the movie itself, and whether people enjoy the movie, are involved in the movie, and that it entertains them. From that point of view, the movie has to stand alone.

I really do hope that the people will like 14:59. The critics seem to like it. We got a lot of good reviews.

My favorite characters are the ones that are the most successful movies.

If 'American Beauty' came out today, it wouldn't make nearly as much money.

I assumed that 'Gone Girl' would do incrementally better than 'Dark Places,' and that would be great. So the fact that it did more than that was kind of an incredibly pleasant surprise.

On 'Edge of Tomorrow,' we discovered that movie while we were making it.

I've heard from the movie marketplace that James Cameron did such a killer job with 'Titanic' that it's almost impossible to do anything better.

I want every movie to have a big audience. I'm always hopeful that it's going to be discovered, and audiences are fantastic that way because every once in a while they surprise you. I didn't think 'Beautiful Mind' was going to be that kind of global success.

I don't want to sound too carried away, but from what I've seen, 'Bingo Long' is going to be a big one. A classic.

I'm really proud of 'Oceans 12.' Of course, you do an 'Oceans' movie, you get known all over the world. It's an incredibly powerful medium: It's a Hollywood-identified blockbuster.

If the film is good, it will work whether it has a star or no star.

The entire team of 'Race 3' is really happy because the film is doing good business at the box office.

I can assure you that 'Humraaz' will not disappoint.

I feel 'Mom' is not just a successful film but a satisfying one.

'Let the Bullets Fly' indeed attracted an audience, but how it did this is also a question for me.

If people enjoy your movies, that's the most important thing.