“The bigger the picture, the bigger the ticket, the better.”
Burt Lancaster

“It was a huge success and I got an Oscar for it, though I don’t think it made an enormous difference in my career.”

Alec Guinness

“A picture is made a success not on a set but over the drawing board.”
Cecil Blount DeMille

“The best films are best because of nobody but the director.”
Roman Polanski

“Only the first picture of a cycle really succeeds. All the imitators dwindle.”
Darryl Francis Zanuck