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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
So a failed movie is not going to ruin my career.
It's not a great feeling for a film to suffer financially, but you can't sit and mope about it. You just have to just move on to next project - I try to always be working on a new project when my last one hits the theaters.
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.
My film directorial career has been nothing but repetition of one failure after another!
If a film is not a success, then that's just the way things are. Nothing I can do can make a difference. I have stopped worrying about it.
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.
I never feel any pressure about a film. What is meant to happen will happen. I have seen failure as well as success several times.
I have had unsuccessful films, but I learned a lot from those films. I give my failures as much importance as my success.
I'd hate to see any film I'm involved in fail, especially artistically but also business-wise.
You've got to believe as a filmmaker that if a movie's good enough, it's going to survive; and if it's not, well, it won't.