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I'm not making films for critics, I'm making films for people to go out and enjoy.

We don't make movies for critics. I've done four movies; there's millions upon millions upon millions of people who've paid to see them. Somebody likes them. My greatest joy is to sit anonymously in a dark theater and watch it with an audience, a paying audience.

You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that's a home run.

My big goal in life was always to figure out how I can make a lot of money so I can go off and make films irrespective of the opinion of the three or four critics who seem to rule the roost.

Time and time again I was told that I would never make the film on time and never make it on budget. That kind of criticism tends to turn me into a great big motor of efficiency.

Those critics awards come and go every year, but the finished movie is your work.

If the money's right, I'll do a film.

The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.

Critics can be harsh and I think it's going to take me a long time to make people see what I have inside of me and that I really put my guts into movies and that I'm not superficial and that I'm not just a pretty face.