There are so many factors that go into having a successful movie.. too many that you can't control.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
You have a big success, and it's still not easy to make a movie.
Every time I make a movie, I'm prepared for it to become influential and career-defining - but I have no control over these things.
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.
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.
Somewhere after you have few successful films, there is a fear of losing what you have got. It is very easy in the beginning, as you are a risk taker, have nothing to lose, and there is no perception about you.
To be successful for a moment because of one movie doesn't mean anything.
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.
If the film is a hit then everyone shares the success. If it is going to be a disaster then it might as well be because of me, not because of somebody else.
The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.
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