Every movie that I've had to really knock down the door for has been an enormous success for me. Not just like a financial success but a real personal success.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I had a whole bunch of very successful movies. I have worked with some incredible people - incredible.
I've made 30 movies and for the most part my movies work. In a business where success is an exception and not the rule, I've mostly been successful.
So many things have to come together to get a creatively successful and financially successful film. Sometimes you'll have a movie that you're very proud of, and you think it transcended all of your expectations, but it doesn't come out at the right time. I have done movies that have never been released. That can be depressing.
Whether in success or in failure, I'm proud of every single movie I've ever directed.
There are so many factors that go into having a successful movie.. too many that you can't control.
My first film out of the gate was financially so successful that I guess, being in Hollywood, you get kind of put into a certain box.
I don't know how to measure success. I have been fortunate that I got exciting films to do and work with talented directors who brought out the best in me.
I've made movies that we're very successful that we're a complete surprise, and I've made movies that I thought we're going to be very successful that, you know.
At some level, I feel it is nice to know that a film of yours is doing well at the box office and has also got great reviews. That feels like success.
Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that's true, big-time success. If not, it's much ado about nothing.