Joe E. Lewis said, 'Money doesn't buy happiness but it calms the nerves.' And that is how I feel about a film being well-received.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I just can't get excited about money as a motivation in a film. It leaves me cold.
I've got to love the film, not the money. Because I know what it's like not to have money - you still survive.
Money does not make you happy but it quiets the nerves.
It's amazing that this is still news to people, but that affects the final outcome of the film. When people are treated well, and they're made to feel valued, they give 110 percent.
Marketing has supplanted story as the primary force behind the worthiness of making a film, and that's a very sad thing. It's film only as a function of consumerism rather than as an important component of our culture, and that's everywhere around the world.
Do you know what a blessing it is to make movies that make people happy?
Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!
Some people feel fulfillment from a bitter end - it gives them some sort of sense of reality. But, when you're dealing with reality, I feel like films should discover the part that is happy.
To me, an Oscar movie has to have some type of emotional pull.
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.
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