I'm not bragging but my movies have grossed well over a billion dollars.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Movies are an expensive business.
The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment.
My movies don't make any money, and they don't really light the world on fire. But I'm really lucky because I've gotten them made.
If my films don't show a profit, I know I'm doing something right.
See, I'm fortunate that I get around a lot because of my movie business.
Seven out of my nine films were hits. 80 per cent of the audience loves my films; the remaining 20 per may be right in their opinion, but that doesn't make me wrong. If I try too hard to woo them, I'd be cheating my core audience.
I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
I don't see me doing $100 million films because $100 million films, the very nature of them, you need to offend as few people as possible just to make your money back.
My movies make a profit, but obviously not a fortune.
We've turned down multi million dollar films, simply because we liked the film better. We have the luxury to do so - we have projects that make the money, and others that we do for love.