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Failure worries me; nobody wants to fail. There is a fear that one day, films will not come my way, or if someone doesn't watch your film, that is a worrying point. It is unpredictable in the industry.

I figured, if I failed, I'd tried something that I hadn't tried before and if one movie was going to destroy my career than I didn't have much of a career to start with. I just went for it. God willing I wasn't over the top and didn't embarrass myself.

I'd hate to see any film I'm involved in fail, especially artistically but also business-wise.

I am not successful, in terms of Hollywood.

I have always tried to make profitable films because people's offices shut down if films fail, and I will do everything to avoid that.

For me, utter failure is to make a film that people pay their money to go see and they don't like.

And as a filmmaker, I'm trying to unhook myself from this idea that unless you have a brilliant, long, enormously lucrative theatrical run, that your movie somehow failed. And I don't believe that.

So a failed movie is not going to ruin my career.

You can fail in films because you don't have the talent, or you have too much humility, or you lack ferociousness. I'm a gangster. If I want something, I'll grab it.