Hudson held mixed feelings about "Ghostbusters". He regretted the marginalization of his character from the original script and felt "Ghostbusters" did not improve his career as he had hoped, or been promised. In a 2014 interview, Hudson said: "I love the character and he's got some great lines, but I felt the guy was just kind of there... I'm very thankful that fans appreciate the Winston character. But it's always been very frustrating—kind of a love/hate thing, I guess." As for Atherton, based on the insult of "dickless", he claimed even in the mid-1990s fans would still refer to him as such on the streets to his ire.