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And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble.

I think filmmaking is a gamble anyway, right? You never know the results from the start.

A lot of people in the film industry are fatalists who think a worthwhile film will always achieve its destiny, and the films that aren't worthwhile won't. It's all sort of pre-determined, etc. And I don't think that's true at all.

Well, I started thinking about what you were saying about how your movies need to make a profit. Now, what is the one thing, if you put it in a movie, it'll be successful?

The movie business is a big gamble.

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.

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.

In troubled times the last thing you want to do is to stick your money into a film. It's such a gamble.

When you make a film, it's a bet. You don't know how the film is going to be, anyway.