Sequels Quotes

• The trick with sequels is, you have to give people what they liked before, yet be innovative enough so they don't feel like they're seeing the same movie.

  Harold Ramis

  People, Giving, Enough

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• There's nothing wrong with doing sequels, they're just easier to sell.

  J. J. Abrams

  Easier, Sells

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself.

  Don Marquis

  Funny, Humor, Admission

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• I am a fan of sequels even though they are inevitably awful.

  Joss Whedon

  Fans, Awful

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• The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an idea that I felt to be equal to the original. Too many sequels diminish the original.

  Dean Koontz

  Writing, Ideas, Literature

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• We live in a country where voting rights get gutted but Sharknado gets a sequel.

  John Fugelsang

  Country, Rights, Voting

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• My gut feeling about sequels is that they should be premeditated: You should try to write a trilogy first or at least sketch out a trilogy if you have any faith in your film.

  Vin Diesel

  Writing, Feelings, Trying

  "Vin Diesel Says ‘Fast Five’ is Part of a New ‘Furious’ Trilogy" by Mike Eisenberg, screenrant.com. January 25, 2011.

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• I think sequels should be earned and we won't do it unless the script is better than the first one.

  Jay Roach

  Thinking, Scripts, Firsts

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Clearly any film company that makes a film is always going to talk about sequels particularly if they see something as being successful, which Werewolf was.

  Jenny Agutter

  Successful, Film, Werewolf

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• 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

  Years, Long, Waiting

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• Great success breeds a lot of things, including sequels.

  Dwayne Johnson

  Great Success, Including

  "Jessica Biel, Justin Long, and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Interview PLANET 51". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintarub, collider.com. November 15, 2009.

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• There's nothing worse than the sequel that's a letdown from the first movie.

  Paul Feig

  Firsts, Letdowns

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• If I do do a sequel, I'm going to have to know for sure that the script is better than the original. So I'm going to be very careful about that because I'm not eager to repeat myself.

  Nicolas Cage

  Scripts, Careful, Knows

  IGN interview, www.ign.com. April 26, 2007.

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• That's kind of my ideal sequel - a movie that continues the story, takes one character and moves on, and moves forward with that character that survived with the first one.

  Fede Alvarez

  Moving, Character, Stories

  Source: collider.com

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• I think Hollywood is in love with sequels. If it's successful once, just jazz it up and shoot it out there again. I think it's unfortunate.

  Paul Newman

  Successful, Thinking, Hollywood

  Interview With Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. June 9, 2006.

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• There's a real danger in doing a sequel. There are some benefits, but that all hinges on how well you execute. Quite frankly, most sequels don't execute well

  Donnie Wahlberg

  Real, Benefits, Danger

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• Well consciously what we were doing when making the film was, we really wanted to make sure it was a film about - in our mind it was never really a sequel, it was its own movie going forward and it's why the movie doesn't have a number by it.

  Bryan Burk

  Numbers, Mind, Film

  Source: collider.com

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• Our children are our sequels. Our parents are our prequels. All living beings are our equals.

  Ashok K. Banker

  Children, Parent, Our Children

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• I mean, frankly, I'm not speaking as a representative of Disney or Pixar, I'm speaking as just myself as a filmmaker: I don't go into anything that often thinking about a sequel.

  Andrew Stanton

  Mean, Thinking, Pixar

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• I think that building any product that has a lot of user loyalty is a bit like making a sequel to a great movie or video game - people generally want 'more of the same thing, except better and different.

  Yishan Wong

  Loyalty, Thinking, Games

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• And I'm not anti-sequel, but I just feel like there are very few ideas that are meant to be continued.

  Andrew Stanton

  Ideas, Feels, Meant To Be

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• with all these tentpoles, franchises, reboots and sequels, is there still room for movies in the movie business?

  Lynda Obst

  Movie, Rooms, Stills

  Lynda Obst (2014). “Sleepless in Hollywood: Tales from the New Abnormal in the Movie Business”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

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• Most people know me at Pixar as the guy that doesn't like to do sequels or very reluctant to do sequels.

  Andrew Stanton

  People, Guy, Pixar

  "20 Things to Know About JOHN CARTER; Plus an Awesome Interview with Director Andrew Stanton and Your First Look at a Tharks". Interview with Steve "Frosty" Weintraub, collider.com. July 11, 2011.

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• I've never had good fortune with sequels. Everyone says this time is going to be better. And then I've done them and they've just been not - they weren't better.

  Sandra Bullock

  Done, Fortune, Good Fortune

  "QA: Melissa McCarthy sucks a peanut out of Sandra Bullock's nose in 'The Heat'". Interview with Ashley Dvorkin, www.foxnews.com. June 27, 2013.

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• I guess it's a sequel to our story From the journey 'tween heaven and hell With half the time thinking of what might have been and half thinkin' just as well. I guess only time will tell.

  Harry Chapin

  Journey, Thinking, Heaven

  Song: Sequel

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