Sequels Quotes · Page 2

I'm an audience member too, man. I hate shitty sequels.

— Chad Stahelski

I'm not contractually obligated to sequels on anything.

— Nicolas Cage

I tire of franchises, remakes, and endless sequels.

— Edgar Wright

Father's Day just be Mother's Day the sequel.

— J. B. Smoove

Most sequels are generally disappointments.

— Ross Duffer

I have an allergy to sequels and remakes in general.

— Mike Flanagan

There are so many sequels where everything between the special effects is just boring.

— David Hewlett

The reason why people don't get called back to sequels is because they did badly in the original [movie].

— Omari Hardwick

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

— Lynda Obst

Sequels are scary. And making a sequel to something as good as 'Scanners' is even scarier.

— David Hewlett

“And it isn’t a mistake in taste, like believing that the Matrix sequels were as good as the original.”

— Paul Bloom

Like a lot of people, for a long time I thought that the road to hell is paved with bad sequels.

— Andrew Motion

When you do films that have multiple sequels, you develop a character for a film.

— Warwick Davis

I did not want to write one of those sequels that famous first-book authors get into where everybody says, 'Oh yeah.'

— Robert M. Pirsig

Now that I understand how publishing schedules work, I can understand why many authors have the sophomore slump. A year is a…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Why not dream your own wonderful sequels? When you have finished a book, it can go on in your mind, the characters…

— Marguerite Henry

The trick with sequels is, you have to give people what they liked before, yet be innovative enough so they don't feel…

— Harold Ramis

I take a firm stand against sequels. My industry brethren are a little shocked at how firmly I'm committed to not doing…

— Travis Knight

You might have been able to fool people the first time, or something, but you really can't make a successful sequel today…

— Neal H. Moritz

That's always the trick with the sequels, is how much do you repeat from the first one. Because we all get bummed…

— Adam McKay

Of love that never found his earthly close, What sequel? Streaming eyes and breaking hearts; Or all the same as if he…

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

Storytelling wise, you've gotta take it as far as you can possibly take it with each individual movie. If you're holding out…

— Rian Johnson

If there ever was a pursuit which stultified itself by its very conditions, it is the pursuit of pleasure as the all-sufficing…

— Theodore Roosevelt

We live in a culture that insists on "moving on" (even while our loyalty to and love of the franchise and the…

— Laura Mullen

I just rely on the text to speak for itself and then speak it as I believe it to interpret it, and…

— Brendan Fraser

They always say 'Is there going to be a sequel to Bad Santa?' and you know, I mean, a long time ago…

— Billy Bob Thornton

I do think that at a certain point, the reboot sequel mode has to give way to original ideas and back to…

— J. J. Abrams

It was fantastic to be on the set again with Denzel (Washington) and Antoine (Fuqua) and then to have the situation be…

— Ethan Hawke

Sequels are generally done in a rush. They're done with a sense of urgency. The first time, you spend a long time…

— Alex Garland

We were lucky to get Sam Jackson and Jeremy Irons and John McTiernan back. Long movie and hard movie to make and…

— Bruce Willis

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

— Andrew Stanton

You only have to go hardcore humiliation on the first film. On the subsequent sequels, you can coast.

— Jack Black

I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it.

— Sam Raimi

But, George and Steven asked me to write the Indiana Jones sequels, and I didn't want to.

— Lawrence Kasdan

Sequels to most movies are always fluff and not as good as the first,

— Ray Allen

Audiences can be leery of sequels; the studios make a hit, they see dollar signs, and they make a cheap rip-off.

— William Katt

Summer movie idea: take all the sequels that are out right now, and make movies about their backstories.

— Stephen Colbert

I've always avoided sequels, unless I felt there was something fresh.

— Ridley Scott

I always like to make sequels. It's a nice business to be in.

— Joel Silver

I hate the idea of sequels. I think you should be able to do it in one book.

— Jane Gardam