Sequel Quotes - page 3

We wanted to do a sequel with Jim and Jeff. They said that the word was that Jim didn't want to do any sequels. We approached him and he said he would do it, but not until next year. New Line said it was too long to wait. (Bobby Farrelly)
With a sequel you're always trying to get bigger and better. View quote
Breckin Meyer
'Evil Dead 1' was never supposed to have a sequel. View quote
Bruce Campbell
I was thinking about doing another film at the same time, which was the sequel to Basic Instinct and I just had a feeling that wasn't going to happen. You know, I just kind of read the writing on the wall. View quote
Bruce Greenwood
By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around. View quote
Barry Sonnenfeld
We are cannibalizing our audience by only giving them regurgitated material. Every movie is either a remake, a sequel, based on something else. Based on a former television series. Based on a successful videogame. View quote
Dean Devlin
Many years ago, I was actually hired to write the sequel to 'Independence Day.' And I wrote a sequel. And they paid me a boatload of money to go write this thing. And after I wrote it, I read it and I gave them back the money and I said, 'Look, this is an okay movie I just wrote. But it's not worthy of the sequel to 'Independence Day.' View quote
Dean Devlin
It's just assumed that a horror sequel is going to be bad. It's never going to be as good as the first one. View quote
Eli Roth
The time has mainly gone on getting Inform into a decent shape for public use. I suppose the plot of 'Curses' makes a sequel conceivable when compared with, say, the plot of 'Hamlet' but none is planned. View quote
Graham Nelson
Shakespeare is, essentially, the emanation of the Renaissance. The overflow of his fame on the Continent in later years was but the sequel of the flood of the Renaissance in Western Europe. He was the child of that great movement, and marks its height as it penetrated the North with civilization. View quote
George Edward Woodberry
It's always an enormous pressure when you do a sequel. The demands are so high, and it's expensive. (Jan de Bont)
We had to do the same thing here. To top that sequel was quite a task. Mike had a couple of good conceptual humour and character ideas, which got me back into it. View quote
Jay Roach
Working with Jim Carrey is an absolute gas. I have never laughed so hard for so long. Had he been on-board for the sequel of Dumb & Dumber, I would've jumped on, with no hesitation. View quote
Jeff Daniels
I was very fortunate that my first novel captivated the imaginations of so many readers who asked for a sequel. After that, one book led to another as I discovered other facets to my characters I wanted to investigate further. View quote
Jennifer Chiaverini
I'd love to make a sequel to 'The Rocketeer.' The film didn't do as well at the box office as we all hoped, but it has endured and generated a following. View quote
Joe Johnston
I wanted to play a good guy after doing this lunatic on The Sopranos for two years. And then they did the sequel to Bad Boys, where I get to play the barking captain again. View quote
Joe Pantoliano
'School of Rock' was just once in a lifetime things; I want to be a doctor, actually. I'd go an do the sequel if they asked me to. View quote
Caitlin Hale
I had a feeling about directing Cocoon II: The Return. At first I wasn't too interested because it was a sequel. Then I read the script and was excited by the relationships and its mystic quality. View quote
Daniel Petrie
It's always scary when you're doing a sequel to a film, because you don't want to just repeat the first film in a different location like most sequels. You want to do something totally different, and something that actually expands the world of the main character. View quote
Efren Ramirez
One of the difficult things of making a horror sequel in general is because the horror genre is so founded on surprise. View quote
Ehren Kruger
'The Karate Kid' was just lightning in a bottle. The second movie is a very worthy sequel, because you got to explore the Okinawan culture and learned about Miyagi's life. The third, as is always the case, was made because the second one made a lot of money. (Martin Kove)
The truth is when you have a movie that was as successful as 'Chronicle' was, it's not as quick of a process. There are a lot more voices coming in and saying 'This is what the sequel should be' because there's a bigger expectation and a bigger fear of failure. And that's really what's going on with 'Chronicle 2.' View quote
Max Landis
To do a sequel is so weird, you don't really think about it. View quote
Sean William Scott
The biggest difference in writing a sequel is that now there are expectations. But also - and this is the awesome part - now there are fans, too! View quote
Tim Federle
"But differ greatly in the sequel.” --Fisher Ames, when confronted with the declaration that all men are created equal. View quote
Fisher Ames