Quotes About Reception

In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.

Whenever a film has three different release dates, people understandably assume that there must be something wrong with it.

That's what's interesting: When you release an album, everyone hears it their own way.

No one knows why a film does well or not. The reasons for this are not important. What is important is the intention you start the film with and the final state when the film releases on a Friday - whether people liked it or not.

I want people to really care when I release an album.

I'm neither excited nor worried when my film releases. As an artiste, I would definitely want people to like my work... that's why we are here. But I don't really sit up and look at reviews. I have never sat down to ponder over what others have to say.

We have high hopes from 'Zakhmi.' People will definitely like the movie.

It came right on the heels of A Room With A View. And that was such an enormous success, so I think people were hoping that Maurice would also have that kind of success.

Whenever you're making something, you're hoping that it connects with somebody in some big way, but I'd have to be crazy to expect that.

Critics tend to be very hard on the horror genre.

When there's a great horror movie, people are like, 'Horror's back!' And when there's a series of not so good ones, 'Horror's dead.' I think it's all about the quality. When there are one or two good horror movies in a row, people come out interested again.

I've done a lot of bad movies, but my bad horror movies are the ones that people still find the good stuff in.

People are either born hosts or born guests.

I wrote the 'Marigold Hotel' series and with the first one, people hated it in the U.K. but in America they really liked it.

You can't make people laugh for more than half an hour and be consistent.

The only critic is a full house.

A lot of people who saw 'The Avengers' didn't read comic books, don't like comic book movies, and enjoyed it. That was huge for me.

The difference between critics and audiences is that one is a group of humans and one is not.

The stillness was so complete that I could hear myself swallowing. They wanted me to give them something, and they expected it to be good.

Hindi films are not made for critics, it is made for worldwide Hindi film watching audience.

I was worried when I returned that I might be booed or barracked. Nobody has waved fivers at me. I am touched by the reception since I have come back.

It's fun playing the villain now and again; villains are so simple, and you don't have to worry about the audience loving you.

If the work is pure then you have to think it could be understood. If it is not understood it doesn't mean that your work is not accessible. It doesn't worry me, but, of course, I would be pleased if people liked my work.

You want to know if anyone's going to go see your film. You shouldn't worry about it or get hung up on it. So yea, you kind of monitor it.