Garth Davis Quotes

We were tremendously encouraged by the testing of Analyze That. Audiences loved it. They were telling us that they liked it as much as the original. We recorded the laughs in the theater.

I always say I make the movies where people go, 'Hey, I never saw it, but when I finally did, I really liked it.' People saw 'Baby Driver,' though. I was pleased with that.

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

I can't make a choice to do a movie because people will go see it. People look at what a movie becomes and decide if they'll see it.

Audiences don't ever disappoint me, in the sense that movies I feel really good about, they usually feel really good about too.

It's awesome when people respond to your movie and love it.

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.

A Fantastic Woman' has been seen as very interesting and entertaining. The film has had very good reactions. We are very surprised and delighted how the characters have connected with so many people.

We are thrilled to see that audiences across age groups, across India are loving 'Thugs of Hindostan' and have made our film a part of their Diwali plans.

I am happy that most of my films did good business and either set or broke records at the box office.

You never do a movie and not want it to work. You accept whatever it is. You have to, but nobody in their right mind would not want the movie to be getting talked about at the end of the year.

The picture has made its million back in four months; I have been overwhelmed by letters, hundreds of them, literally, begging me in my next production not to swing over the shallow trash of mother love, father love, sister love, brother love.

Everybody loves a hit. There is nothing as fun as making a cultural splash with a movie.

For instance, 'The Sixth Sense' had mediocre to bad reviews. Slowly, the audience pushed it and it received critical attention.

I had no idea that it was gonna take off the way it did. I thought we made a good movie.

At the end of the day, successful box office just means that more people saw what you did and liked it, and that to me is the most important thing. That a lot of people saw it and liked it.

I just don't know what makes a movie catch on and other ones don't.

I've had movies bomb with terrible reviews, I've had movies make a lot of money with terrible reviews, I've had movies get good reviews and make money. And I like it best when the movies do well and the reviewers like them.

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

As a filmmaker, you want nothing more than to have people say, 'I love your movie.'

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

I have been very pleased at the response we have got for 'SVSC.'

What's great about the way 'Shame''s been received is that I kept on thinking there's no way this film will be received well since I've had such a good time.

To what extent a film works is beyond me. My first film 'Aashiq Banaya Aapne' did wonders at the box office. Then 'Chocolate' was also quite popular, but it didn't have the same effect as the first one.

It's not enough that you act in a movie - if it has to work, the audience should like it.