When my films don't do well, I'm hurt and surprised. It's discouraging.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Sometimes I do movies that aren't any good, or sometimes I might not be any good in them, or sometimes they don't do very well.
If my film does not do well, it really hurts me. But by God's grace, even if some of my films may not have done well, people have still liked my work in it.
People's behaviour towards you changes when your films don't work. It's a painful period.
Most of the films I've done haven't done particularly well. I'm surprised I'm continuing to work.
I don't know what to expect out of my films. My first two films were with extremely talented directors, and they didn't work. And my next two films were with newcomers, and they worked well. So I've stopped expecting anything from my movies.
I've very critical of myself, and film has been an adjustment for me.
I've really grown to love film, but I think occasionally you need to get up on a stage and see what's going on.
I think sometimes when you're working consistently in film, and maybe this is just me, but you do feel quite dislocated from your audience.
At the end of the day, it is about working in a good film. It's the films that you leave behind that matter.
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.