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I'm not making films for critics, I'm making films for people to go out and enjoy.

Movies are hard work. The public doesn't see that. The critics don't see it. But they're a lot of work. A lot of work.

We don't make movies for critics. I've done four movies; there's millions upon millions upon millions of people who've paid to see them. Somebody likes them. My greatest joy is to sit anonymously in a dark theater and watch it with an audience, a paying audience.

I make movies for money, exclusively for money.

I enjoy working in movies that appeal to and will be seen by many people.

There are a few directors around who I have some excitement about spending my $7 at the theatre watching their movies.

I try to work on a film that my audiences would appreciate and enjoy their time in a theatre.

I feel I have a political duty to reach out to the general public. I want to make films that the people want to see. So if the people want to see Johnny Depp or Tom Cruise, then it is really my job to incorporate them into my films.

I like cinema audiences. I respect them, and I talk to them just like I would anybody I know.

Theater is not to make a living, so I don't have the money pressure.