Obviously, I try to make the films work for an audience. That's the main point of making a film, and in retrospect, one can see that certain films, let's say Leaving Las Vegas, demonstrated its own success.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I try to work on a film that my audiences would appreciate and enjoy their time in a theatre.
Very, very rare that you do a job knowing that the audience is desperate for you to do that job. Most films you make don't get released, is the fact.
When you work so hard on making a film, it's all worthwhile when you get to experience seeing that film with an audience who thoroughly enjoy it and react to the movie.
You have to make films you feel strongly about. And then hope you can find the audience.
I was an audience member before I'm a filmmaker. All I've tried to do as a filmmaker was to make movies I want to see.
I do a film if it interests me, has a connect with the audience and some entertainment value. The rest doesn't matter.
I make movies that audiences like, that I'd want to see. That's all.
The effort always remains that my new film outdoes my last in terms of performance and gets better box office success. Box office is the sole reason why I do films.
Making a film, every film, is a big gamble, large or small. The more that you do it, the more you're aware of that.
We make films that we ourselves would want to see and then hope that other people would want to see it. If you try to analyze audiences or think there's some sophisticated recipe for success, then I think you are doomed. You're making it too complicated.